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## Devagam - Aapta-Mimamsa
The stotra (hymn) 'Bhaktamar', 'Ekibhav', etc. are known by those names because they begin with the words 'Kalyanamandhir', 'Bhaktamar', 'Ekibhav', respectively. Similarly, this stotra begins with the word 'Devagam', and therefore it is more widely known as 'Devagam'. This is why the authors have specifically mentioned it by this name. The author of the stotra has named it 'Aapta-Mimamsa', which Akalankadev has called 'Sarvajnya-Vishesha-Pariksha'. Vidyānandan, in his works, has used both the name 'Devagam' and 'Aapta-Mimamsa'. This indicates that this work is renowned in Jain literature as 'Devagam', but also as 'Aapta-Mimamsa'. Thus, this important composition is known by both names.
(b) Introduction:
This work is divided into ten chapters, and these chapters are self-explanatory in terms of subject division, as stated by the author. The author's concept of these ten chapters reminds us of the ten chapters of Acharya Gṛddhpiṭṭhaka's Tattvartha Sutra and the ten chapters of Maharshi Kanada's Vaisheshika Sutra. The only difference is that these Sutra texts are written in prose and in the style of a treatise, while Devagam is written in verse and in a philosophical style. At that time, philosophical works were often written in the form of aphorisms and in praise of the chosen deity. The works of Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu, and other philosophers are available in this form. Samantabhadra, too, has composed his three stotras (Svayambhu, Yutkyanusasan, and Devagam) in a philosophical and aphoristic style, in keeping with the demands of the time.
1. 'Itiyamaapta-Mimamsa vihita hitamichchhatam.' - Devagam, verse 114.
2. Ashta-Sha, Devagam, verse 114.
3. Ashta-Sha, page 1, Aapta-Pariksha, page 233, 262.
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'Ashta-Sha, Devagam, verse 114.