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INTRODUCTION
As in Swayam bbū Stotra, there is a variety of meters used in Dwā. The beginning of Swayambhū Stotra is with the word "Swayam bbû" and the Stotra ends with the word "Samant-Bhadra" ( verse 143 ) whicb, on the strength of a pun of the word, suggests the name of the author. Similar iš the case with these Dwa. They begin with the word “Swayambhū” and end with the word "Siddhasena " ( 5. 32 ) which also suggests, by pun, the name of the author.
Another noteworthy feature is the use of similar words in these two Stotras. “You have, Oh Lord ! propounded this doctrine-which nobody else has done." This distinguishing method of praising Lord Mahā vira for his philosophical greatness is the predominant features of both Siddbasena's Dwā. as well as Samantabhadra's Stotra. This peculiar method has been adopted later on by Vidyananda in his Āpta parîksã and by Hemacandra in his Dwā. "Oh Lord ! other ascetics began to compete with you, but ultimately surrendered themselves to you because they were defeated." This very idea is expressed both in Siddhasena's Dwā. as well as in Samanta-bhadra's Swyambhū-Stotra in almost the same words 2
1 Compare Dwa. 1. 26-28; and 3. 20 with Sway. 19, 25, 33. 2 "यमीश्वर वीक्ष्य विधूतकल्मष तपोधनास्तेऽपि तथा बुभूषवः ।
g a: Fa #4959: ATTORİ YUqofet 11" Sway. 134. "अन्येऽपि मोहविजयाय निपीड्य कक्षामभ्युत्थितास्त्वयि विरूढसमानमानाः । अप्राप्य ते तब गतिं कृपणावसानाFranha a year 207: 11" Dwa. 2. 10.
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