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________________ merumaMdara purANa ------bhAratIya jana-mAnasa ko sAMskRtika dharohara se sampakta karane vAlI kRti samIkSaka : DaoN. ravIndrakumAra seTha digambara jaina dharma ke prAyaH sabhI mahAn AcAryoM kA AvirbhAva dakSiNa bhArata meM huaa| jaina guruoM ne jana-mAnasa aura rAjavaMza donoM ko dharma ke mArga kI ora pravRtta kiyA; apane tyAgamaya jIvana, jJAnarAzi tathA janasevA ke samanvaya dvArA samAja meM apanA viziSTa mahattva prApta kiyaa| tamila ke Adi grantha 'tirukkurala' aura vyAkaraNa 'tolakAppiyam' jaise granthoM meM upalabdha jaina-citana isa bAta kA pratyakSa pramANa hai ki tamila bhASA evaM sAhitya ke kalA evaM bhAva pakSa donoM para jaina vicAradhArA kA nizcita prabhAva hai| tirukkurala meM 'enagunattan' (aSTa guNa sampanna), malaramisa i ehinAn' (kamala para calane vAlA) ityAdi ke prayoga ke AdhAra para tathA aneka anya pramANoM kA savistAra vivecana karake zrI e. cakravartI ne ise jaina racanA hI svIkAra kiyA hai| isa viSaya meM yadyapi paryApta matabheda haiM para niHsandeha jaina dharma ke mUla tattvoM evaM citanadhArA kA ullekha mahAkAvya 'zilappadikAram' meM savistAra huA hai| yaha bhI spaSTa hai ki tamila sAhitya ke itihAsa-lekhakoM ne prAyaH zaiva aura vaiSNava bhakti-paramparAoM kA to adhyayana kiyA hai para jaina dharma ke viSaya meM ullekha atyalpa haiN| tirubhaMgai AkvAra kA jaina matAvalambiyoM se zAstrArtha, sambandhara dvArA jaina dharma ke mAnane vAloM kA zaiva banAyA jAnA tathA periyapurANam meM varNita jainoM para hue atyAcAroM meM cAhe kitanI bhI atizayokti ho, isa dharma ke matAvalambiyoM kA tamila pradeza meM astitva, unakA jIvana, citana aura saMgharSa prakArAntara se hamAre samakSa ubhara kara A jAtA hai| Adhunika jaina samAja kI parama vibhUti dharmaprANa AcAryaratna zrI zrI 108 dezabhUSaNajI mahArAja dvArA isI vizAla jaina sAhitya kI paramparA meM se eka grantha 'meru purANa' kA mUla tamila se anuvAda aura vyAkhyA eka asAdhAraNa kArya hai / isake anuvAda meM unakI AdhyAtmika UMcAI evaM dArzanika vicAra-prakriyA kA adbhuta samanvaya huA hai| eka anAsakta karmayogI kI bhAMti rASTra ke racanAtmaka nirmANa meM saMlagna marmajJa vidvAn zrI dezabhUSaNa jI ke kArya ko jana-mAnasa se paricita karavAne kA avasara prApta kara maiM svayaM ko dhanya mAnatA huuN| meru maMdara purANa tamila bhASA meM viracita graMtha hai jise kinhIM zrI vAmanAcArya ne racA thaa| jayapura cAturmAsa ke samaya AcArya jI ne saMvat 2028 meM isakI hindI TIkA kI aura saMvat 2026 meM isakA prakAzana huaa| 510 pRSThoM ke isa grantha meM mUla tamila kA devanAgarI lipyaMtaraNa, anuvAda aura vistRta hindI TIkA prastuta kI gaI hai / vAmanAcArya ke jIvana, samaya ityAdi ke viSaya meM prAmANika jAnakArI upalabdha nahIM / hAM, yaha nizcita hai ki Apa tamila tathA saMskRta ke prakANDa vidvAn the| kAMcIpuram ke nikaTa tirupati kuNDra nAmaka gAMva ke prAcIna jaina vRSanAtha bhagavAn ke mandira meM isa viSaya meM eka aspaSTa zilAlekha upalabdha hai| grantha ke samagra 12 adhyAyoM kI kathA kA sAra prArambha meM 20 pRSThoM meM dene ke uparAnta grantha ke pratyeka pada kI savistAra TippaNiyAM apane Apa meM eka anubhava hai / jaina dharma kI gahana tAttvika samIkSA, sahaja sarala bhAvapUrNa zabdAvalI meM hRdaya ke antastala ko chU letI hai| yaha mAtra dharma-grantha nahIM hai, isameM adbhut prakRti-varNana, mAnava-svabhAva citraNa, jIvana-saMgharSa, tapazcaryA ke mArga meM Ane vAle aneka kaSTa Adi kA sahaja, svAbhAvika citraNa huA hai, para dhArmika dRSTi sarvopari hai| zivabhUti maMtrI aura bhadramitra kI kathA ke mAdhyama se kaMcana ke duSprabhAva, dhana aura ratna ke lobha kA kupariNAma aura nyAya ke mahattva kA pratipAdana huA hai| tIvra parigraha kI lAlasA karane vAle manuSya tRSNA ke dvArA saMpatti kA upArjana karane ke lie jo vibhinna prayAsa karate haiM unakA vivecana karate hue kahA gayA hai ki apaharaNa, corI Adi vidhiyoM se prApta saMpatti zIghra naSTa hotI hai, yazakIti kA nAza hotA hai; dhairya, aizvarya Adi naSTa hotA hai| katipaya anya prasaMgoM kA avalokana kareM to isa grantha meM jIvana ke aneka satya udghATita hue haiN| sabhI prakAra ke jIvoM kA hita karanA, dayA dharma kA pAlana, dUsare ke duHkha se karuNA bhAva utpanna honA, badalA lene kI bhAvanA kA tyAga Adi guNoM kA vivecana karate hue zAstradAna, auSadhadAna, AhAradAna aura abhayadAna Adi kA pratipAdana huA hai| eka prasaMga meM bhASA kI garimA dekhate hI banatI hai-"jIva dayA rUpI 52 AcAryaratna zrI dezabhUSaNa jI mahArAja abhinandana grantha
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________________ strI ke sAtha milakara, mana zodhana rUpI sneha se yukta nidrA rUpI rassI ko tyAga kara vaha siMha candramuni taparUpI strI ke sAtha magna hokara tapazcaraNa karane lge|" prabandha kI kathA aneka antarkathAoM se samanvita hai| ina antarkathAoM ke mAdhyama se dharma aura darzana tathA jIvana ko tyAga kI ora unmukha karane kA upadeza kAvya kA pramukha lakSya hai| anekAneka sUktivacana isameM sahaja rUpa se samanvita ho gae haiN| citana kA AdhAra nirantara yahI rahA hai ki naraka meM par3e hue jIvoM kI rakSA karane vAlA saccA sAkSI dharma hI hai| zraddhA-pUrvaka dharmAcaraNa kA saMdeza dete hue arhata bhagavAn dvArA kahe gae dharma kI aneka prakAra se vyAkhyA kI gaI hai| krodha, mAna, mAyA aura lobha ye cAra prakAra ke kaSAya pApa karma ke Asrava ko utpanna karane vAle haiN| uttama kSamA, mArdava, Arjava, satya, zauca, saMyama, tapa, tyAga, AkiMcana aura uttama brahmacarya ina dasa dharmoM tathA Agama para zraddhA bhakti stuti kA upadeza hai| isI mArga se abhyudaya nAma ke niHzreyasa pada arthAt mokSa kI prApti sambhava hai| kahIM-kahIM bauddha dharma ke anitya AtmavAda kA khaNDana bhI huA hai| kavi kA mana nagara varNana, bhavana varNana tathA anya prAsaMgika varNanoM meM paryApta ramaNa karatA rahA hai| eka udAharaNa paryApta hogA-"usa dharaNI tilaka nagara meM adhika se adhika UMcAI meM tathA dhvajAoM se yukta gopura the aura gopura ke Asa-pAsa bar3I galiyAM thiiN| nagara meM sundara striyoM kI itanI bhIr3a rahatI thI ki jisase Ane-jAne meM bar3I bAdhA hotI thI 'isa prakAra striyoM tathA puruSoM ke calanephirane meM aise zabda hote the jaise parvata para se nadI ke pAnI ke girane kI AvAja hotI hai| ''usa mahAnagara meM nivAsa karane vAlI taruNa striyAM sarvaguNa-sampanna va rUpa meM sundara, madhura zabdoM se yukta, eka kSaNa meM manmatha ko vaza meM karane vAlI thiiN|"us nagara meM vINA ke tathA nRtya karane vAlI striyoM kI paijanI ke madhura zabda sunAI de rahe the|" samagrataH prakRti-citraNa, mAnava-samvedanAoM kA samyak adhyayana, janajIvana ke vibhinna pakSoM ke aneka ramya pakSoM kA udghATana karate hue yaha grantha 'satya' ke pratipAdana kA grantha hai / bahubhASAvijJa, sAMskRtika anucetanA ke udbodhaka mahApuruSa zrI dezabhUSaNa jI dvArA anUdita evaM vyAkhyAyita hokara vAmanAcArya kA yaha mUla tamila grantha eka saMgrahaNIya hindI grantha meM pariNata ho gayA hai| dharma meM AsthA ko sudRr3ha karane, bhAratIya jana-mAnasa ko sAMskRtika dharohara se sampRkta karane tathA jaina dharma ke jijJAsuoM ko anya srotoM se sAmagrI kA saMcayana karane kI preraNA dene meM isa 'merumaMdara purANa' kA nizcita yogadAna hogaa| ama 2 Rohit sRjana-saMkalpa