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PREFACE : XLIII
Most of the twenty-six names of the Virastava Prakīrnaka are included in this work,60 which is divided into ten centoes (śatakas).
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In the first centum, called Jinanāma, the epithet Jina has been defined as applicable to one who has conquered the karmic foes in the form of deeply entrenched desire for sensual pleasures, which are responsible for repeated births and deaths in the maze of dense jungle (Bhava-kānana) that this world is." Vitarāga – Expalining the term Vītarāga, it has been said, “You are Vītarāga – attachment transcended as you have destroyed the attachment for the mundane things, as you are completely detached”.62 Sarvajña - In the second centum, Sarvajña, the epithet Sarvajña has been explained thus - “Sarvatrailokya kālatrayavarti dravyaparyāyasahitami vastvalokami ca jānāttīti / Sarva vettīti /" meaning, “You are Sarvajña (omniscient) because you know all matter, in all it modes, in all three worlds – the nether, middle and the upper, in all three time periods – the past, present and the future”.63 Sarvadarsi - In the same vain the epithet Sarvadarsi means that its bearer is the universal seer. 64 Kevali - The sages call you Kevalī because you have realised the purest and supreme knowledge called Kevala
"Jina-Sarvajña-Yajñārha-Tīrthakrnnātha-yoginām! Nirvāna-Brahma-Buddhāntakatam cāstottaraih sataih ||
- Jinasahasranāma, 1/5. "Karmārātīn Jayati ksayam nayati ti Jinah |
- Jinasahasranāma Tīkā, p.58. “Vīto vinasto rāgo yasyeti Vītarāgah | - Jinasahasranāma, p.58.
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Jinasahasranāma, Centum 2, p. 61. Ibid, Centum 2, p. 61.
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