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worshipping the favourite god, (Ista devatā) he is invited or invoked and immersed or abandoned; in Jaina tradition also similar mantras of invitation or invocation and immersion are recited at the time of worship as: aum hrim namo siddhānam siddhaparameșthin atra avatara avatara sarvoșaț/ auṁ hrim namo siddhānam siddhaparameșthin atra tiştha tistha thaḥ thaḥ aum hrim namo siddhāņam siddhaparamesthin atra mama sannihato bhavabhava vaşat/ auí hrií namo siddhānam siddhaparamesthin svasthānam gaccha gaccha jah jah jaḥ/
These mantras are against the basic tenets of Jaina philosophy. In Brāhmaṇa tradition it is believed that the gods come at the invitation of their devotees and go back after immersion or abandonment whereas in Jaina tradition Tīrrthankaras, after attaining liberation, neither come on invitation nor go back after immersion or abandonment. In the introduction to 'Iñānapitha Pūjāñjali," Pt. Phool Chandji Siddhanatashastri has discussed this in great detail and he has compared Jaina mantras to Brāhmaṇa mantras pertaining to invitation and abandonment of God. Following Visarjana-śloka can be compared with next Brāhmaṇa-śloka:
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