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पुरुषार्थसिद्धयुपाय
The Siddha Śila The liberated soul is rid of the material body and, robed in its natural garment of bliss, rises up to the topmost part of the universe, called the Siddha Silā, and resides there for ever, free from transmigration, i.e., the liability to repeated births and deaths.
The following description of the Siddha Sila is given in the Scripture':
At the top of the three worlds, is the eighth earth called Işatprāgbhāra, which is one rajju wide, seven rajjus long, and eight yojanas high. In the middle of this earth is the Siddha kşetra (Siddha Silā) in the form of a canopy (chhatra), white like silver and with the diameter equal to that of the human region?. It is eight yojanas thick in the middle and decreases towards the margins like that of a bowl kept upright. In the upper layer of rarefied air (tanuvātavalaya) of this Siddha kşetra reside the liberated Pure Souls, Siddhas, endowed with eight supreme qualities, like infinite faith, and immersed in infinite bliss.
Shri Nemichandra Siddhantachakravarti's Trilokasara, v. 556, 557, 558. 2 The human region is 45,00,000 yojanas long and as many broad..
कृतकृत्यः परमपदे परमात्मा सकलविषयविषयात्मा । परमानन्दनिमग्नो ज्ञानमयो नन्दति सदैव ॥
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