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Except for the Bhagavati Sutra, there is no Mangalavamyam at the beginning of any other Agam in the Dvadasanga. Similarly, Mangalgatha are found at the beginning of Prajnapan in the Upanga. In those gatha, Siddha is first saluted. After that, Shraman Bhagwan Mahavira is saluted. / All the ancient handwritten copies of Prajnapan that have been found, all of them have the Panchanamaskar Maha Mantra inscribed. / The commentators of Prajnapan, Acharya Haribhadra and Acharya Malayagiri, have not explained the Panchanamaskar Maha Mantra. Due to this, the opinion of Pragam Prabhavak Punyavijayaji M., Pandit Dalsukhbhai Malvaniya, etc. is that the Namaskar Maha Mantra was not in it at the time of the creation of Prajnapan. But the scribes may have established it at the beginning. / In Shatkhandagam also, according to the opinion of Acharya Viresen, there is a directive for the Panchanamaskar Maha Mantra. In Prajnapan, Siddha is first saluted and then Arihant is saluted, whereas in the Panchanamaskar Maha Mantra, Arihant is first saluted and then Siddha. In the Agam literature like Uttaradhyayanas, it is clearly mentioned that when a Tirthankara takes initiation, he salutes the Siddhas. From this perspective, the tradition of saluting the Siddhas first began in the people's tradition. Since Tirthankara, i.e. Arihant, is a direct benefactor, he has been given the first place in the Panchanamaskar Maha Mantra. In the past, Maharaja Kharavel, who was the king of Kalinga, had the inscriptions engraved, in which Arihant was first saluted and then Siddha. The opinion of the great thinkers is that until the establishment of the Tirth, the Siddhas are first saluted, and when the Tirth is established, the Arihant is first saluted because of being the nearest benefactor, and then the tradition of saluting the Siddhas began. This method of Mangalacharan is found in the oldest texts. This does not mean that this was definitely the order. As far as the question of Vandana is concerned, it depends on the feeling of the Sadhak. In the absence of Tirthankaras, the Acharyas and Upadhyayas who represent the Tirthankara tradition strongly are also considered worthy of worship, and the Sadhus who are the holders of the Acharya, Upadhyaya position are also accepted as the fifth position in the form of salutation. Who created the Panchparameshthinamaskar Maha Mantra? This question was first raised in the Aavashyakniyukti. In response, the Niyuktikar Bhadrabah gave the solution that the Panchparameshthinamaskar Maha Mantra is a part of Samayik. Therefore, one should first salute the Panchparameshthis and then do Samayik. The Namaskar Maha Mantra is as old as the Samayik Sutra. / The Tirthankaras are the interpreters of Samayik and the Ganadharas are the Sutrakaras. / Therefore, the Tirthankaras are also the interpreters of the Namaskar Maha Mantra and the Ganadharas are its Sutrakaras. The second question is whether the Panchanamaskar is a part of the Aavashyak or is it established elsewhere? This question has also been clearly answered by Jinabhadragani Kshamasraman in the Visheshavashyakbhashya, that Acharya Devavachaka has not counted the Panchanamaskar Maha Mantra as a separate Shrutaskandha in the Nandi Sutra. 63. Kayapanchamokkaro karei samaiyamti so'bhihitoh / . Samaiyangeva yajaso sesam ato voccham. - Aavashyakniyukti, Gatha 1027. 64. (a) Visheshavashyakbhashya, Gatha 1544 (b) Aavashyakniyukti, Gatha 89,90 [22]