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Study of Civakacintamani
where the cāranan Manivannan praises the lord Arhat before preaching the Jaina doctrine to Civakan.
perumän uravāli vêutan viri pün tamarai mir cenra tiruvar ațiy attit teliyum poruļkaļ or aintum anriy arum onpanum akum enpat aravöral
(The saints say that those who worship the feet of the lord who wields dharma cakra which rests on the lotus in full bloom, are able to obtain clear knowledge of five astikāyas, šix dravyas, and nine padārthas.)
The freed souls are referred to in the Cc. as the souls which have defeated the eight karmas. For example,
.. en vinaiyum akarri inpak katalakkitt
taru mālaiya allati yān ralaiyir rāļniu panivēno3
(Will I bow to any one with my head other than the Lord Jina who destroys the eight karmas and gives the ocean of joy.) Civakan while praying to the Lord Jina refers to the eight karmas.
kätalál envipai yun kalipay enr iy ak ka kätal átalal en vinaiyun kaliyay enrum araitiyar
(You expound that the eight karmas will be eradicated by love placed in you and that if the same love is placed in another object they cannot be removed.)
Lord Arhat is referred to as the one who has overcome the ghātiya karmas in two other places. Thus,
Kati Kannarinta kāc il tani mutir kațavu! 5 (The unique old god who has won his ghātiya karmas.)
and
käti kannarintu venta ulakunar katavu! 6 (The god who defeated the ghātiya karmas and realised the world.)
In the Muttiyilampakam, when Civakan pays homage to Jina, the king of saints, he refers to him as the one who has overcome the four ghātiya karmas.
.. .. kati nalum utanēy arintu nārmai varampakik
kalam oru mūnrum uțanë y unarnta katuvult 1 Cc. v. 2814. 2 Though the name "mal" usually refers to Vişnu in Tamil literature, here it refers to Arhat,
the Lord of Jainas. According to Ja na mythological stories, Arhat is supposed to be the God for the five activities like creation, destruction, etc., the ainto lilkat'. Therefore the word
"mal" here refers to Arhat.-U. V. Saminatha, Iyer, Cintamani, op. cit. p. 483. 3 Cc. v. 961. 4 Ibid, v. 1420. 5 Cc. v. 2713. 6 Ibid, v. 1240. 7Ibid, v. 3092.
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