Sachitra Tirthankar Charitra

SR No.: 002582
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Amarmuni, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Padma Prakashan
Publication Year: 1995
Total Pages: 292
Language: Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari, History, & Story
File Size: 13 MB

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(5) सुपार्श्व
चन्द्रप्रभ
grafa
After the birth of a Tirthankar 56 goddesses of directions arrive and perform the post-birth rituals. 64 Indras and other gods perform their traditional duties of joyous birth celebrations taking the new born Tirthankar to Pandukvan on the Meru mountain..
sirerer
There are four unique congenital attributes of a Tirthankar
1. The divine physical structure is free of sweat, glime or slime, and ailment. 2. His breath is fragrant.
Due to extreme compassion and tranquility the red blood corpuscles of a Tirthankar turn white. As such the colour of flesh and blood of a Tirthankar is milky white.
4. His food intake and excretion is invisible to normal human eye.
If the Karma responsible for mundane indulgences precipitate, when young, he is married to a good woman from a family of high status. However, he has no fondness for a luxurious family life.
श्रेयांस
During the year preceding his renunciation he gives 10.8 million gold coins in charity every day, making it 388 million gold coins during the year.
मल्लि
The moment he takes the vow of abandoning all intentional sinful activities he aquires the Manahparyav Jnan (the capacity to percieve the subtle and gross thoughts, feelings and attitudes of every being).
वासुपूज्य
At the time of taking Diksha (the formal initiation to become an ascetic) the Tirthankars utter Namo Siddhanam, offering salutations only to the Siddhas or the liberated souls.
At the time of Diksha the Tirthankar pulls out five fistful of his hair and gives them to the Indra. The Indra (king of gods) puts these into a gem studded golden box with due care and immerses in the milky sea.
All the Tirthankars remain silent during the period of their spiritual practices beginning from the moment of initiation till they acquire omniscience. Their discourses start only after they become omniscient.
During their period of practices the Tirthankars move about alone, detached, and unscheduled.
As ordinary ascetics they neither give any discourse nor make any disciples. When they destroy the vitiating Karmas as a result of their higher spiritual practice and acquire virtues like omniscience, ultimate perception, all power, and capacity to propagate religions, then they attain the status of Arihant Tirthankar. They are endowed with thirty four unique attributes and thirty five unique speech-attributes.
मुनिसुव्रत नमि
They are free of all the eighteen vices.
The eighteen vices are
1-5. The five power hinderances (hinderance of charity, progress, pleasure, facility, and potency), 6. mirth, 7. fondness, 8. irritation, 9. fear, 10. hatred, 11. distress, 12. lust, 13. dogma, 14. ignorance, 15. slumber, 16. indulgence, 17. attachment, 18. aversion.
परिशिष्ट १
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अरिष्टनेमि
पार्श्व
Appendix 1
महावीर
ध्वजा
कुम्भ
पद्म
सरोबर
समुद्र
विमान
भवन
रत्न
राशि
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अग्नि