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XLII : VĪRASTAVA-PRAKĪRŅAKA
employed for Lord Mahāvīra, for Lord Buddha is Visuddhimagga."* In this work the detailed explanations for all these attributal names have been given. The epithets Sarvajña and Sarvadarsi are available in Pāli Tripitaka as well.95 The Pāli Tripitaka also employs the epithets like Tīrtharikara, Sarvajña and Sarvadarśī, etc for Lord Mahāvīra.“
In the Hindu way of life the tradition of eulogistic compositions for praising the Godheads has been prevalent since the very ancient times. Like in the other faiths the Hindus, too, have eulogised their Godheads by giving them a thousand attributal names. The examples of this trend are compositions like Visnusahasranāma, Ganeśasahasranāma, Sivasahasranama, Ambikāsahasranāma, Gopālasahasranama, etc. 57
In the white-clad (Svetāmbara) tradition of the Jainas Haribhadra's Lalitavistara, which is an explanatory work on the Śakrastava (Namotthu nam), * various attributal names given to the Tīrtharkaras have been explained in great detail.So
Besides these original works, in about 1300 Vikrami Era, Pt. Āsādhara has composed the Jinasahasranama, in which he had eulogised the Jineśvaradeva by giving 1008 attributal names.
Visuddhimărga, p.133 || 4 || “Savvannū Savvadassāī Aparisesani Trānadassana patijānāti” – Mahāvīra Caritta Mīmāmsā Ibid, p. 23. Mahāvīra Caritta Mīmāmsā Ibid, p. 23. Ibid, p. 17. Jinasahasranāxna, Pt. Āsādhara, Preface, pp. 13-14. “Pranamya bhuvanālokam Mahāvīram Jiņottamami”
- Lalitavistara, 1. “namotthu nam ... Titthayarānam . . .Jināņam . . Savvannū. . . Savvadarisīnam. ..." - Lalitavistara, Vandanāsūtra, p. 29.
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