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have reached the fifth Charitra, or exemption from human infirmity; by 

 those which are in the Kshayika Samyaktwa, or that state of perfection 

 in which elementary or material existence is destroyed; by those no 

 longer requiring material existence ; by those who have acquired the 

 Kevalajndna, the only knowledge, and the Kevala Dersana, or only vision. 



2. Dravyapramdna, as regulated by the fitness of the things or 

 persons to be emancipated. 



3. Kshetrapramdna, depending on the essentiality of certain holy 

 places at which only it can be obtained. 



4. Spersana, contact, or identity of the individuated living principle 

 with that of the universe, or any part of it. 



5. Kdla, the times or ages at which emancipation is attainable; 

 or the periods spent in various transmigrations. 



6. Antaram, the difference of temperaments or dispositions. 



7. Bhdga, the existence of the imperishable part of all living bodies 

 in which the purified essences or Siddhas reside. 



8. JBhdva, the nature or property of that pure existence which has 

 attained the Kevalajndna, and other perfections essential to final liberation. 



9. Alpabahutiva, the degree or ratio in which different classes of 

 beings obtain emancipation.* 



* Although termed W^T^T*. in the original authorities, these varieties are rather in the 

 requisite conditions for attaining Moksha, than in the kind or sort of emancipation attained. 



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