Tirthankar Bhagawan Mahavir 48 Chitro ka Samput

________________ the vaha The After 6 months 33 Pedha Vatsa- Milkperson Type of Place of initiating item for The food monsoon fast because palika rice Time rigorous Place breaking of Sangama (wife of a Sweet the practice fast breaking cowherd) Soup breaking fast of fast Eleventh Four months Vaishali Vaishali Maid- With First Paksha At monsoon servant puffed monsoon Kshaman i.e. Moraka-1 at the up 15 days fasts At house urida Asthika-7 of the pulses merchant. After 15 days fasts Kanaka Uttar- Nagasena Milk-rice Abhinava monsoon khala vachala Sweet Ashram Soup After 5 months and Kau Kau- ChanSecond One month-1 Nalanda Nalanda Vijaya, Cooked monsoon 25 days shambi shambi danbala at the monsoon One month-2 (For rigorous food with mer house of practices) the chant light merchant Ananda pulses DhanaOne month-3 Sunanda Milk-rice Sweet Soup Twelfth Four months Champa Outside One month-4 Kollaka Bahula Milk-rice monsoon the Brah- Sweet town Two fasts min Forty PavaSoup second puri After Two days Brahmin Nanda Rice monsoon at the monsoon fasts mixed time of with death curds Third Two months" | Champa Champa monsoon outside . During the twelve and a half years and fifteen days of the city penance Bhagavan Mahavira neither sat with folded legs nor slept. Most of the practices were done while standing Fourth Four Prishtha Outside or by sitting on the front soles. monsoon months32 Champa the city • During the 4515 days of the 12 years and six and a half Fifth Bhadrika months he took food for only 349 days. The remaining 4166 monsoon days were days of fasting without food or water. • He wasted minimum time and maintained almost silence Sixth during this period of practice. monsoon • Though destined to be redeemed in this very life he Seventh Alam undertook the most rigorous practices of penance and monsoon bhika brought to the minds of the people that external rigorous practices are extremely necessary for redemption. Eighth With various Rajagriha • Non-Jain authors have admired Bhagavan Mahavira as a monsoon rigorous man of long penance - 'Deergha Tapasvi' because of his practices penance over a long duration while undergoing all suf ferings and ordeals. Ninth Four months Vajramonsoon bhumi • The rigorous penance in the form of fasting etc. observed by people of all the age groups is an outstanding, and Tenth With various Shravasti Outside impressive characteristic of the Jain community which monsoon penances the sity adds to its glory. Bhadra, • The Vedic and Bauddhist texts also enjoin penance and After Mahabhadra Sanu- Sanula- Bahula With glorify its significance with the only difference that the monsoon and Bhadra labdhika bdhika maid- Biranja Jains have continuously maintained its tradition intact on Pratima servant (rice a vast scale in its difficult forms with all seriousness and fast for at the mixed discretion. two, four home with and ten sugar) days Ananda 33. The months except those of the monsoon are usually from November to June 31 Masakshamana is a Sanskrit word while Masakhamana is a Prakrit word It means fasting for a month 32. Fasting for a fortnight is known as Paksha Kshamana, for a month as Masa kshamana, for two months as Dwi-Masi, four months as Char-Masi and so on. नाद सहित ह्रींकार TER 23 १. रोहिणी । २. प्रज्ञप्ति | ३ वजश्रृंखला | ४. वज्राकुशी । ५ अप्रतिषका । ६. पुरुषदत्ता | ७. काली Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

SR No.	004065
Book Title	Tirthankar Bhagawan Mahavir 48 Chitro ka Samput
Original Sutra Author	N/A
Author	Yashodevsuri
Publisher	Jain Sanskruti Kalakendra
Publication Year	2007
Total Pages	301
Language	Hindi, Gujarati, English
Classification	Book_Devnagari
File Size	35 MB

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