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Scientific Secrets of Jainism
Mahāvira Jain Vidyalaya, Bombay-400 036), p.45
5. 'The significance of the alphabet and utterance of mantras' by Ashok Kumar Dutt, Forbus Quarterly No.4, October-December, 1992. p. 279
6. The mantras are also intimately associated with the theory of eternal word. Sphõțavāda expounded by the philosophers of Sanskrit grammar, who traced the gem of speech or words back to divine source. (an imperishable unit of speech : Sphòța also known as Vāk or Pranava or Śabda-Brahma)- 'Yantra' by Madhu Khanna, p.41.
7. Vaisvika Cētanā (Coscon) by Lieut. Col. C. C. Baksi, p.95 8. Ibidem, p. 97
9. Jainism : Through Science' (Gujarati section) by Muni Nandighoshvijay (Śri Mahāvira Jain Vidyalaya, Bombay-400 036), p. 123-126.
10. (Astra-mantra 37 m) - Mantra by which a missile is consecrated before it is thrown. (The Standard Sanskrit-English Dictionary, p. 88).
11. 'Mantra-Vidyā' by Karanidan Sethia, Introduction, p. 12-13. 12. Ibidem. Introduction p.13. 13.थेरेहिंतो णं विज्जाहर गोवालेहिंतो कासवगुत्तेहिंतो इत्थ णं विज्जाहरी साहा निग्गया
thērēhinto nam viijāhara gāvālēhinto kā savaguttēhinto ittha ņam vijā hari sāhā niggayā
(Śri Kalpasūtra, Eighth part, Sthavirāvali), p.510. 14. Innumerable years make a palyāpama. 10 x 1 crore x 1 crore i.e. 1015 palyāpamas make a Sāgarõpama. One kõạākāļi Sāgarõpamas equal 10** Sāgaropamas or 102° palyāpama years.
15.भद्रबाहुरुवाचैवं पञ्चमः श्रुतकेवली । विद्याप्रवादतः पूर्वाद् ग्रहशान्तिरुदीरिता ।। bhadrabāhun vācaivam pañcamaḥ śrutakēvali. vidyāpravādataḥ pūrvād grahaśāntirudiritā.. (Grahaśānti Stõtra) 16. Kalpasūtra, eighth part, Sthavirāvali, Subodhikā Vịtti.
17.समणस्सणं भगवओ महावीरस्स तिन्निसया चउद्दसपुवीणं अजिणाणं जिणसंकासाणं सव्वक्खरसन्निवाइणं जिणो विव अवितहं वागरमाणाणं उक्कोसिया चउद्दसपुवीणं समणसंपया हुत्था ।
samaņassaņam bhagavaõ mahāvirassatinnisayā cauddasapuvviņam ajiņāņam jiņasarkāsāņam savvakkharasannivāiņam jiņā viva avitaham vāgaramāṇānam Ukkösiyā cauddasapuwiņam samaņasampayā hutthā . (Śri Kalpasūtra, Sixth Part, sūtra-138).
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