Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra
by Helen M. Johnson | 1931 | 742,503 words
This page describes Padmaprabha’s omniscience which is the eighth part of chapter IV of the English translation of the Padmaprabha-caritra, contained within the “Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra”: a massive Jain narrative relgious text composed by Hemacandra in the 12th century. Padmaprabha in jainism is one of the 63 illustrious beings or worthy persons.
Part 8: Padmaprabha’s omniscience
The Supreme Lord wandered for six months as an ascetic and went again to Sahasrāmravaṇa, the sole witness of his initiation. As the Lord stood in pratimā at the foot of a banyan tree, observing a two days’ fast, the destructive karmas disappeared, like a collection of clouds scattered by the wind. Then on the day of the full moon of Caitra, when the moon had approached Citrā, Lord Padmaprabhā’s spotless omniscience arose.