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the end, he added, they said some thing more about you, viz.. that you can say, so and so has uprooted his desires, so and so has cut his fetters, so and so has terminated his misery. So I became anxious and curious to know about your way".
The rest of the account is irrelevant for our present purpose.
Comment
In the Jaina view, it is very commonplace to be able to tell the whereabout of a departed soul. Mahavira was an omniscient personality. Even a lesser person who possessed upto extra-sensory knowledge could even do so
Source: Samyutta Nikāya, Kutuhala Sala 42.9
Sutta, 10. Abhaya Licchavi
Once Abhaya Licchavi and another came to Ananda at Vaisali and narrated the view of Nigantha Nataputta on karma nırjarā.
"Bhante! What does the Lord say on this "?
Ananda told him that his Lord has described at least three types of nirjarā and described them at length.
Source: Anguttara Nikāya, Tik
Nipāta 74 (Hindi translation), pp. 227-28.
Comment
Abhaya Licchavi figures in another text, sālha Sutta, wherein Salha who was accompanied by Abhaya in asking questions, Dr. Woodward has identified Abhaya Licchavi with Prince Abhaya which is wrong. 1. Anguttara Nikaya, Chatukka Nipāta, Mahāvagga,
Sālha Sutta, 4. 20. 196. 2. The Book of Gradual Sayings, Vol. 1, p. 200.
