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analysis. As such I now take up a more serious study of each individual sage of Rishibhashit one by one.
1. DEV NARAD The first chapter of Rishibhashit is about Arhat Rishi Dev Narad. Mentions about Narad are found in Jain, Buddhist, as well as Hindu traditions. In Jain tradition, Narad finds place, besides Rishibhashit40, in Samvayang41, Jnatadharmakatha42, Aupapatik45, Rishimandal44, and Avashyak-churni". Samvayang states that Narad shall be re-incarnated as the twenty first Teerthankar Vimal in the coming time-cycle (ascending). As such Rishibhashit and Samvayang both have referred to Narad with reverence. He has been accepted as Pratyekbuddha indirectly in Samvayang and directly in Rishibhashit. But we shall have to recall that there are differences in the concepts of Arhat Rishi, Pratyekbuddha and Teerthankara.
According to Jain tradition Arhat and Pratyekbuddha get liberated in the same life, whereas future Teerthankara gets liberated after two rebirths. As per Jain tradition there is no scope of Arhat or Pratyekbuddha becoming a future Teerihankara. This proves that the concepts of Pretyekbuddha and future Teerthankara evolved only after the writing of Rishibhashit. Although, from one point of view, both these concepts are efforts towards eulogising a person, future Teerthankara is acceptable to Jain tradition but Pratyekbuddha is not. In this process of rejecting, most of the Rishis of Rishibhashit have been termed as Pratyekbuddha and in process of accepting, some of them have been termed as future Teerthankaras.
The Dev Narad of Rishibhashit has been mentioned as Kalchhul Narad in Jnatadharmakatha and Isimandal (Rishimandal), but this is just another name of the same person. This is because, in the appendix of Rishibhashit he has been shown as contemporary of Arishtanemi and the Narad of Inatadharmakatha was also contemporary of Krishna and Arishtanemi. In Inatadharmakatha he has been described as sober and a scholar of many subjects at one place and as evil and quarrelsome at another. In Aupapatik Narad has been mentioned 148 RAYHTE
| SR No. | 006236 |
| Book Title | Rushibhashit Sutra |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Vinaysagar, Sagarmal Jain, Kalanath Shastri, Dineshchandra Sharma |
| Publisher | Prakrit Bharti Academy |
| Publication Year | 2016 |
| Total Pages | 512 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari & agam_anykaalin |
| File Size | 33 MB |