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PREFACE : LXI
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Vineeta kusala
Ratnakusala
Sādhucandrasūri
Šatruñjaya Tīrthayātrā Rāsa
Pārsvanātha Sankhyastavana Tīrtharāja Caityaparipātī Varnana
Pūrvadesa Caityaparipāti Mandapāñcala Caityaparipātī
Jinavardhanasūri
Khemarāja
The Digambara Jaina Literature Pertaining To Pilgrimage -
The oldest scriptural works of the Digambara tradition are Satkhandāgama, Kasāyapāhuda, Bhagavatī-ārādhanā and Mūlācāra. In these works, however, the word tirtha has been taken to mean the law (the faith) or the four-fold order of the faithfuls only. Tiloyapannatti (Circa 5th century AD) can be considered to be the oldest treatise of the Digambara tradition to give a description of the places of pilgrimage. It mainly mentions the places of the auspicious events of the Prophets. In addition, discussing the holiness of a region, it also mentions Pāvā, Ürjayanta and Campā. It mentions Rājagrha as Pañcasailanagara and its five hills have been vividly and realistically described therein. In Svayambhūstotra, Samantabhadra (Circa 5th century AD) has given a detailed description of Ūrjayanta hill. After this Daśabhaktipātha is a famous work on the subject of pilgrimage in the Digambara tradition. Its Nirvanabhakti (Samskrta) and Nirvāṇakānda (Prākrta) are important.
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