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Arhat Parśva with Dharanendra in Hymnic Literature
A hymn by Somasundara Sūri, which I lately came across, is addressed to Jina Pārsvanātha; it consists of stanzas composed in six different languages. Two verses one in Maharastri-Prakrta, and the second in Sauraseni-Prakrta-are useful in the present context:50
फणिफणमणिमाला रेहए जस्स सीसे तमतिमिरपणासे दीवपंतिव्व दिव्वा । परममहिमवासो पावराई व राई घणतमहिमवासो देउ सुक्खं स पासो ॥ २॥ वोलिज्जंत कुलाचलाहि पयलं भोदप्पभाहिं तदा वुट्ठीहिं कमठासुरस्स भरिदब्वंभंडभांडाहिवि । जस्स ज्झाणहुदासणो पजलिदो सित्तोविही माणहे सामी पासजिणो स भोदु भगवं तेलुक्कमुक्खप्पदो ॥ ३॥
- श्री पार्श्वनाथस्तवनम्
Acārya Devasundara's great grand disciple Jinasoma (c. 3rd quarter of the 15th cent.), too, had composed a hymn to Parsvanātha, in this instance of Stambhana. The opening verse elegantly refers to Dharanendra with Pārsva:51
श्रीस्तम्भनं पार्श्वजिनं निरञ्जनं स्तुमः समग्रातिशयाश्रयं वयम् । फणीश्वरस्फारफणागणोल्लसन्मणिप्रभाडम्बरमण्डिताम्बरम् ॥ १॥
- श्री स्तम्भन-पार्श्वनाथस्तवनम्
And plausibly some time late in that century, Muni Laksmīlābha, perhaps of the Tapā-gaccha, had addressed a hymn adoring the Navapallava Pārsvanātha of Mangalapura, Mangarol, at the west coast of Saurastra:52
उद्यत्फणामुकुटभूषितमस्तकान्त ! त्रैलोक्यलोकनयनामृतपूर्णचन्द्र ! । विख्यातमङ्गलपुरस्थित ! वीतराग ! मां पाहि पाहि नवपल्लवपार्श्वनाथ ! ॥ १॥
- श्री नवपल्लव-पार्श्वनाथस्तुति
Next in sequence comes Hemahamsa Gani, disciple of Jayacandra Sūri of Tapagaccha (c. last quarter of the 15th century A.D.), who was a prolific producer of hymns, some notable for their simple but elegant expressiveness, such as his Caturvimśati-Jina-stava from which a verse that concerns with Pārsva is cited below:53
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