Paramāvadhi

Published: 13.03.2018
Updated: 13.03.2018
Supreme Avadhijnāna (clairvoyance)- 1.That Avadhijñāna, which has the capacity to know space equivalent to the whole lokaksetra (cosmic space) plus one Pradeśa (the indivisible unit of the substance) in minimum and that equivalent to innumerable Lokas (cosmoses) in the maximum. savvabahuagaṇijīvā niraṃtaraṃ jattiyaṃ bharijjaṃsu. khettaṃ savvadisāgaṃ, paramohī khettaniddiṭṭho...

(Nandī 18.2)

jaghanyasya paramāvadhiḥ kṣetraṃ pradeśādhiko lokaḥ......utkṛṣṭaparamāvadheḥ kṣetraṃ salokālokapramāṇā asaṃkhyeyā lokāḥ......agnijīvatidyāḥ......trividho'pi paramāvadhiḥ utkṛṣṭacāritrayuktasyaiva bhavati nānyasya. vardhamāno bhavati, na hīyamānaḥ. apratipātī, na pratipātī... dravyakṣetrakālabhāvaiḥ sarvāvadhcrantaḥpātī paramāvadhiḥ, ataḥ paramāvadhirapi deśāvadhireva.

(TaVā 1.22.4)

2.That Avadhijñāna, one antaranmhūrtta, (i.e. the duration of time between two Samayas (smallest time-units) and one Samaya less than one Muhūrtta (= 48 minutes) after the attainment of which, the Kevalajñāna (omniscience) is going to be attained. paramohinnāṇavio kevalamaṃtotnuhuttamittena...

(ViBhā 689)

paramohī aṃtomuliuttaṃ bhavati, tato paraṃ kevalajñānaṃ samnppajjati.

(AvaCū p. 40)

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Jaina Pāribhāṣika Śabdakośa
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