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ન્યાયકુસુમાંજલિ.
[ agen means a group of five Superior Beings-the five deified saints to whom it is the duty of every. Jaina to bow every morning.
We shall enumerate one hundred and eight attributes of Pancha Parameshthi-twelve of Arhat, eight of Siddha, thirty-six of Acharya, twenty-five of Upadhyaya and twenty-seven of Sadhu.
The twelve attributes of Arhat have been already mentioned in the first chapter. Arhat (Tirthankara) is given the first place in Pancha Parameshthi, though in several respects he is inferior to Siddha. But this is justifiable on the ground that it is he who explains to us the nature of Siddha and thus makes us realize him and it is he who guides us in this Samsara by showing the right path-by preaching truth.
Siddha is the name applied to a perfect beingto one who has attained final emancipation. He is thus a disembodied perfect soul. The number of attributes associated with Siddha is infinite; all the same, for practical purposes they are mentioned as eight. These we shall consider in the last chapter.
Acharya is one who has almost reached the highest stage of asceticism but who has not yet attained omniscience. He is the head of the saints and his chief aim is to promote the welfare of his institution. Not only is he acquainted with the doctrines of his own system of philosophy but he knows also the tenets of other systems. He is a
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