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________________ Error! No text of specified style in document. 2/4.0 totrAijaypahutta Stotra Introduction ThissmaranaiscomposedbyamonkbythenameofMandeva-Soori. Howeveraccordingtothe Jain Sahityano Itihasa'therewerewomonkswiththesamename. Theywere: (1) Mandeva-SoorioftheNivruttigacchawholivedduringthe 10thcentury. (2)Mandeva-SoorioftheBrahidgacchawholivedduringthe 11th Century. AccordingtoShvetambaraPattavali?,therewerethreeMandeva-Soori. ThefirstMandevaSooriexistedinthesecondcenturyAD.Theauthorofthe Tijayapahutta StotraisbelievedtobethisMandevaSoori.Hewasbornina Jainmerchant'shouseholdinatowncalledNadol. OnceamonkbythenameofPradyotanSooricametotown. Young MandevawenttohearthediscourseofPradyotanSooriandimmediatelyfeltthatheshouldrenounceeverythingandbecomeamonk.Afterafewyearshedidbecome amonkandstartedlearningscripturesanddoingpenance.Ashewasveryknowledgeable, hisgurumadehimachar ya.AtthetimeoftheceremonyhisgurusawthatthereweretwogoddessessittingontheshouldersofMandeva, Laks hmiononeshoulderandSaraswationtheother. Theguruwassomewhatdisturbedtoseethisbutthecleverdisciple MandevarealisedhisGuru'sfeelingsand,thereandthen, decidedtoperformstrictpenance.Inaddition, itsohappe nedthatfourgoddessesJaya, Vijaya, AparajitaandPadmawerealwayspresentwhereverMandevaSooriusedtostay. Thesegoddesseshavebeennamedinthissmarana. Duringthattime, Taxila(nowtheruinsof Taxilacanbeseenin Central Pakistan)wasaoneofthestrongholdsoftheBu ddhistsandJains. Some500Jaintemplesexistedinthatregion. Oncetherewasanoutbreakoftheplaguein Taxila. Allthepeopleofthetownwereindistress. Seeingtheminsuchastate,aShasanDevi(yakshini)cametothemandsaidthatthistownwillbetakenoverbythe 'Turks inthreeyearstime, butifyouwanttosavethepeople,gonowandfetchsomeholywaterafterwashingthefeetofMand eva-SooriwhoisnowinNadol. Thendoashesays, andleavethisplacetosettlesomewhereelse. OnemanbythenameofVeerdattawenttoNadolandmanagedtohaveaspecialstotracomposedtoeradicatethepl ague. Thestotraisknownasthe Shanti-stavaor Laghu-ShantiStotra.(Thisisnotonthelistofoursubject, the Ninesmaranas) Mandeva-Soorihasalsocomposedthe Tijayapahutta, whichweareexploringnow,andisNo.4inourlistofninerecitations. Taxilawasoverrunbythe Turksthreeyearsaftertheaboveevent.Theactualdateortheyearoftheaboveeventisunk nown, butaccordingtoPattavalithismusthavehappenedinthesecondcenturyAD Asperthehistoryofindia, Taxilahadalarge JainandBuddhistpopulation. Taxilaindeedwasoverrunbythe Muslimsintheeighth century.RuinsofaBuddhistuniversityandsomeJainshrinescanbeseenthere. Thisissometh irtymilesfromthecapitalofPakistan, Islamabad. Thissmaranaissomewhatdifferentfromtheremainingeightstotrasanalysedinthisstudy. Thisonepraisesonehun dredandseventy Tirthankaras. AccordingtoJaincosmology, the Tirthankarasarebornincertainareasofthisuniverse. Theseareasareinfactmad eupoftwoandhalf'islands (adhidvipa).Thediagramofadhi dvipaisshown in this book.Inadhi dvipabasicallytherearethreetypesofareasor'planets'. Theyare: The Southarea(Bharatkshetra)hasfivepartsasfollows:Thefirstsouth.thenthesecondsouthwhichisdividedintot wo,andthethirdsouthwhichalsois dividedintotwoparts. ThereforetherearefiveBharatKshetras. Theotherareasinthe NortharecalledtheEravatKshetraandthistooisdividedintofivepartsasabove. 'Jain SahityanoltihasaPage 181,PublishedbyRRZaveri 1933 ?TapagachhaPattavali Page 1 of 6
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________________ Error! No text of specified style in document. Thenthereisavastareainthemiddle, whichalsohasfive parts. Thisoneiscalledthe Mahavidehakshetra. Thus, therearefifteenareas(karma-bhoomis) AccordingtoJaincosmology,andthepossibilityofthe Tirthankarasbeingbornatanygiventime,itissaidthattherew asatimewhenonehundredandseventy Tirthankaraswerelivinginthesefifteendifferentareas. Eachofthefirsttena reashadone Tirthankaraatthattimemakingten Tirthankarasinall. Ontopofthis,duringthatsameperiod, therewere onehundredandsixty TirthankarasinthecentralMahavidehakshetra. Thusaltogethertherewereonehundredandseventy Tirthankaras, whichisamaximumpossiblen umberofliving Tirthankarasatanygiventime. Thisrecitation, the Tijayapahuttastotra, hasbeencomposedkeepingthisbeliefinmind. Thepoetrecognisesthattherewasatimewhenthisp henomenonofthemaximumnumberofTirthankaraslivingsimultaneouslyoccurred. Thepoet'celebrates thisphe nomenonbycomposingthestotra. Nowthestyleofcompositioniscertainlydifferent. Thepoethereshowshowtocreateayantraandworshipit. Themagicalnumberonehundredandseventyisbrokendowninacertainmannerandvariousnumbershavebeenp lacedinthesquaresoftheyantra.Whenyouaddthenumbershorizontally,verticallyordiagonallyitaddsuptoonehu ndredandseventy.Themethodofplacingnumberstogetherwithplacing differentmantraseedsintheyantraisexplained in the translation of the smarana. 2/4.1 Original Sutra tijaya-pahutta-payAsaya, aTTha-mahApADihera-juttANaM; samayakkhitta-ThiANaM, saremicakkaM-jiNidANaM paNavIsA ya asIA, panarasa pannAsa jiNavara samUho; nAseu sayala-duriaM, bhaviANaM bhatti-juttANaM ..... vIsA paNayAlA viya, tIsA pannattarI jiNavariMdA; gahabhUarakkhasAiNI-ghoruvasaggaM paNAsaMtu. sattari paNatIsA vi ya, saTThI paMceva jiNagaNo eso; vAhijalajalaNaharikari-corArimahAbhayaM harau. paNapannA ya daseva ya, pannaTThI taha ya ceva cAlIsA; rakkhaMtu me sarIraM, devAsura-paNamiyA siddhA. OM harahuMhaH sarasuMsaH, harahuMhaH taha ya ceva sarasuMsaH; AlihiyanAmagabbhaM, cakkaM kira savvaobhadaM. OM rohiNI pannattI, vajjasiMkhalA taha ya vajjaaMkusiA; cakkesarI naradattA, kAli mahAkAli taha gorI. .... gaMdhArI mahajAlA, mANavi vairuTTa tahaya acchuttA; Page 2 of 6
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________________ Error! No text of specified style in document. mANasi mahamANasiA, vijjAdevIo rakkhaMtu. paMcadasakammabhUmisu, uppannaM sattarI jiNANa sayaM; viviharayaNAivanno-vasohiaM harau duriAI. cautIsa aisayajuA, aTThamahApADiherakayasohA; titthayarA gayamohA, jhAeavvA payatteNaM. ........ OMvarakaNayasaMkhavidyuma, maragayaghaNasaMnihaM vigayamohaM; sattarisayaM jiNANaM, savvAmarapUiaM vaMde svAhA. OMbhavaNavaIvANavaMtara-joisavAsI vimANavAsI a; je ke vi duTThadevA, te savve uvasamaMtu mama svAhA. caMdaNakappUreNaM, phalae lihiuNa khAliaM pIaM; egaMtarAigahabhUa-sAiNImuggaM paNAseI. ia sattarisayaM jaMtaM, sammaM maMtaM duvAripaDilihiaM; duriArivijayavaMtaM, nibbhaMtaM niccamacceha. tijaya-pahutta-payasaya, attha-mahapadihera-juttanam; samayakkhitta-thianam, saremicakkam-jinidanam panavisa ya asia, panarasa pannasa jinavara samuho; naseu sayala-duriam, bhavianam bhatti-juttanam ... visa panayala viya, tisa pannattari jinavarinda; gahabhuarakkhasaini-ghoruvasaggam panasantu... sattari panatisa vi ya, satthi panceva jinagano eso; vahijalajalanaharikari-corarimahabhayam harau. panapanna ya daseva ya, pannatthi taha ya ceva calisa; rakkhantu me sariram, devasura-panamiya siddha.......... om harahumhah sarasumsah, harahumhah taha ya ceva sarasumsah; alihiyanamagabbham, cakkam kira savvaobhaddam. om rohini pannatti, vajjasinkhala taha ya vajjaamkusia; ......... cakkesari naradatta, kali mahakali taha gori.... Page 3 of 6
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________________ Error! No text of specified style in document. gandhari mahajala, manavi vairutta tahaya acchutta; manasi mahamanasia, vijjadevio rakkhantu. pancadasakammabhumisu, uppannam sattari jinana sayam; viviharayanaivanno-vasohiam harau duriaim...... cautisa aisayajua, atthamahapadiherakayasoha; titthayara gayamoha, jhaeavva payattenam. omvarakanayasankhavidduma, maragayaghanasanniham vigayamoham; sattarisayam jinanam, savvamarapuiam vande svaha. ombhavanavaivanavantara-joisavasi vimanavasi a; je ke vi dutthadeva, te savve uvasamantu mama svaha. candanakappurenam, phalae lihiuna khaliam piam; egantaraigahabhua-sainimuggam panasei. ia sattarisayam jantam, sammam mantam duvaripadilihiam; duriarivijayavantam, nibbhantam niccamacceha. ............... 14 2/4.2 Translation of the Tijaypahutta Stotra Ibowdowntoallthe Tirthankaraswhoarecapableofbrighteningthelightsofthethreeworlds, havingeightguards(pr atiharyas)andresidinginadhi-dvipa...... ................ 01. Maythe Tirthankarasresidingingroupsof25,80,15and50destroyallthesinsoftheirworshipers.............. 02. (CommentTirthankarasreallydonotexistingroupsof25,80,15andsoon. Thepoetsimplytriestoexplain howtoplacethesenu mbersintheyantrawhichistobecreatedforworship.Thefirsthorizontallineofsquaresshouldhavethesenumbers. Onecanseethattheselineaddsuptoonehundredandseventy,i.e.25+80+15+50=170. Maythe Tirthankarasingroupsof20,45,30and75destroyalltheobstaclesfromplanets,ghosts, demonsandwitch es. ........... 03.. (Comment-Againthesameruleappliestothisandthefollowingverses) May70,35,60and5Jineshvarasdestroydiseaseandfearofwater, fire, lions, elephants,thievesandenemies. .................. 04 May55,10,65and40Siddha Tirthankaraswhohavebeenworshippedbythegodsanddemonsprotectmybody ......................... 05. Theyantraiscalleda Sarvatobhadrayantrainwhichthereisthenameoftheworshipperinthecentreandthe Aum Har hunha SarsunshaMantrahasbeenwrittentwice ...............06. Maythesesixteengoddesses:Rohini, Pragnapti, Vajrashrunkhla, Vajrankushi, Apratichakra, Purushdatta, Kali, Mahakali, Gauri, Gandhari, SarvashraMahajvala, Manavi, Vairotya,Achhupta, Manasi, Mahamanasi protect me. MaythoseonehundredandseventyJineshvarasborninthefifteenkarmabhoomiswith differentattributesprotectme.... .... ........ 08 Page 4 of 6
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________________ Error! No text of specified style in document. Thatthirtyfourattributes(atishayas)andeightguards(pratiharyas)areworthmeditatinguponastheyarewithoutanyillusions andattachments. ...... 10. Comment:Therearesomedivineattributesorevents, whichhavebeensaidtodwellorhappeninthepresenceofaTi rthankara.Thesethirtyfourattributeshavebeennamedinthediscussionoftheseventhstotra. Therealsoareeighttypesofpratiharyasordi vineguardswhichhavebeencreatedbythegodswhenevera Tirthankarasitsinanassemblytodeliverasermon. Th eseeightPratiharyasare: The TirthankaraisseatedunderagiantAshokatree Ashowerofbeautifulflowers. The Tirthankara'svoiceisdivineandcanbeunderstoodbyalllivingbeingsincludinganimals. Devasarestandingeithersideofthe Tirthankaragentlyfanningwhisks(chamaras). The Tirthankaraisseatedonajewelledthrone (Simhasana). Adivinehalocanbeseenaroundthefaceofthe Tirthankara. Abackgroundmusicofwindinstrumentscalled Dundubhiisbeingplayed Triplecanopies(Chhatra)arehangingabovetheheadofthe Tirthankara. Thepersonwhorecitesisaskedtothinkofthisphenomenon.Heissupposedtomeditateontheseaspectsbyimagini ngthathehimselfissittingintheassemblywherethe Tirthankaraispreaching. Heandthousandsofothersarelisteni ngtoHim.Hecanalsoseeallthesedivineattributesaroundthe Tirthankara.Hehimselfislostinthegloryoftheseattri butesandhestartslisteningtothe Tirthankara'sspeech. Thisisonetypeofmeditationandsupposedtogiveapleasa ntexperience. Thefragranceoftheflowers, themusicoftheDundubhis, humansandanimalsquietlysittinginadmir ation, asereneatmospheretogetherwiththegentlevoiceofthe Tirthankaraistobeimagined.Anaspirantlooseshis existencetemporarilyinthisandheis,asitwere beingcarriedawaytoadifferenttimeinadivineatmosphere. Aum,lworshiptheonehundredandseventy Jineshvaraswhosecoloursarelikegold, shankh,parvala, nilmaniand megha(jewels), whoarewithoutillusionandareworshippedbythedevas(gods).Swaha. ................... 11. (NotallTirthankarashadasameskincomplexion. Somehaveawhitecomplexionandsomeblack. Someevenhave goldencolouredskin, somehavebluishandsomehavegreyishcomplexions. Coloursoftheirskinhavebeencomp aredwithgoldenyellow(likeshankh),whitish,grey,bluish(nilmani)anddark(meghaorclouds). Maythebadspirit,ifthereisany in Bhavanpati Vanvyantar, JyotishiandVaimanikdevas, stayaway......... 12. (Asper Jaincosmologytherearefourtypesofdevasor gods'livingindifferentregionsoftheuniverse. ThefirsttypeBhuvanpatisliveinareasoccupiedbythedifferenthellsinthelowerpartoftheuniverse. Thesecondandthirdcatego ryofgods-VanvyantarandJyotishiliveinthecentralpart, andthefourthandlasttypesliveintheupperpartoftheuniverse. Thewriterofthisstotrastatesth atmaythespirits, ifany, whomaybelivingintheseregionsstayawayfromtheworshippers.) Allthebadeffectsofdisease, theplanets,ghostsandwitchesaredestroyedifthismantraiswrittenonawoodenboar d, byusingtheinkmadefromsandalwoodpasteandcamphor, andifthewateraftercleaningthisboardisdrunkbyad evotee. ............... 13. Thisyantraoftheone hundredandseventyJineshvaraswhichisalsoadivinemantra,iscapableofdestroyingallevilsandenemies,andshouldbewritten/inscribedonthem ain) doorofthehouse.Onobleones!worshipthisforever. .. .... 14. 2/4.3 The Yantra of Tijaypahutta Stotra Table_pks 25Ha 80Ra Kshi 15Hun 20Sa 45Ra Pa 30Su 50Hah 75Sah Page 5 of 6
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