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Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Vaikriyasamudghāta (वैक्रियसमुद्घात) is performed when a strong new vaikriya-body is wanted for a special work. A soul that has the vaikriya-power (gods and hell-inhabitants and some humans) makes emanate soul-particles (jīvapradeśa) which take the form of a staff with the breadth and thickness of the body, but many yojanas long. The length is to collect new matter. Then he (the Jīva) destroys the coarse matter of the old vaikriya-body and retains the fine. Then new matter consisting of all kinds of jewels is collected, of which the coarse part is rejected and the fine retained, to make a new vaikriya-body. The commentators note the difficulty that jewels are audārika-matter, whereas only vaikriya-matter can be used here. They explain it, therefore, as ‘matter as precious as jewels,’ or that audārika-matter is transformed into vaikriya-matter.—(See Pravacanasāroddhāra 1311-16, p. 384b. Lokaprakāśa 3. 213 ff. Kalpasūtra (with Kiraṇāvalī commentary) I. 27, p. 41a. Prajñāpanā 343, p. 596. Bhagavatīsūtra 126, p. 154).

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Partial matches: Vaikriya, Samudghata.

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

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