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a Siddha). Nepathya (feminine acting) is unauthoritative. Consequently, those who have become Siddhas with female organs and feminine boby-configuration are Stri-linga Siddhas,
7. Puruşa-linga Siddhas are those Siddhas who have become siddha (freed) when they were males.
8. Napumsaka-linga Siddhas are those Siddhas who have become Siddha (freed), when they were neuter or with hermaphrodite orgas.
9. Grihi-linga Siddhas are those Siddhas who became Siddha (freed) when they were house-holders.
10. A-tirtha Siddhas are those Siddhas who became Siddha (freed) during the absence of any tîrtha.
Tirthasya abhāvo is absence of a tirtha. It results (1) Before the establishment of any tirtha (2) During the interval between the Nirvāṇa of a Tîrthařkara and the establishment of a Tirtha by the next Tirthankara and (3) During the complete abolishment of Order of Monks and Nuns. Those who have become Siddha during this period are A-tirtha Siddhas.
Maru-dévî Māta and others became Siddha when the Tîrtha was not established. At the time of the attainment of Siddhi-pada by Maru-dévi Mātā, Tirtha was not established. · Total abolishment of the Order of Sādhus (Monks) and Sädhvi's (Nuns) occurred during the interval between the Nirvāna of Suvidhi Nātha Tirthankara and the establishment of the Tirtha of the seven Tirthankaras commencing from the Nirvăna of Suvidhi Nātha and ending with that of Sānti Nätha Tirthankara, . 11. Pratyéka-buddha Siddhas' are those Siddhas who have become siddha on seeing a bull or some other thing as an ob ject of meditation abouf the frailty of worldly objects.
12. “Svayam Buddha Siddhas are those Siddhas who have become Siddha by their own natural intuition and not by the preaching of any religious preceptor. The distinction
