I. PERFECT SOUL (in the human body of a Tirthankara)

By birth such a perfect soul attains: (1) a supremely liandsoine body, with (2) a natural fragrance emanating from it, and (3) free from the ugliness of sweating and (4) excreta; (5) sweet, sound, and harmless speech: (6) immeasurable strength; (7) blood of milk-white purity ; (8) 1,008 lucky signs on the body ; (9) perfect proportion of limbs ; (10) joints, bones, and sinews strong and unbreakable like adamant.

By virtue of his achieving omniscience the perfect soul attains a sanctity whereby he (1) averts famine in a circular area of 800 miles' radius; (2) remains always raised above the ground, whether walking, sitting, or standing; (3) seems to be facing everyone in all the four directions ; (4) destroys all hirtisic (destructive) impulses in persons around him; (5) is entirely immune from all kinds of pain and disturbance (upasarga); (6) is able to live without food; (7) possesses mastery of all arts and sciences; (8) nails and hair which do not grow; (9) eyes which are always open—the lids do not wink; and (10) a body which never casts a shadow.

In virtue of his omniscience the following effects are produced by the heavenly bodies : (1) general mastery of the Ardha-Magadhi language; (2) friendly feelings in all who are near him ; (3) clear skies; (4) in all directions; (5) the proper fructifying and blossoming of fruits and flowers of all seasons; (6) clean space all round over a radius of 8 miles (1 yojaTia); (7) in walking golden lotuses are always placed by the gods under his sacred feet; (8) space resounds with shouts of “ Jai! Jai! ”, “ Victory! Victory!” (9) mild and fragrant breezes blow all around; (10) sweet-scented showers cool the earth; (11) the gods of the air take care to remove thorns from the earth; (12) all living beings become joyous; (13) the dharma-clt,akra precedes the sacred procession; (14) eight kinds of auspicious things attend the procession; i.e. umbrella (cMutttra), chowrie (chdmara), flag (dhvaja), svastika, mirror (darpana), a kind of vase {kalasa), a powder-flask {vurdhamanaka), and a throne seat {bhadrasana).