Life of Hemchandracharya

SR No.: 006501
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Manilal Patel
Publisher: Singhi Jain Shastra Shiksha Pith Mumbai
Publication Year: 1936
Total Pages: 124
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, History, & Literature
File Size: 9 MB

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2) Sahajābisayastavah, 9 s'lokas, begins:
श्रीहेमचन्द्रप्रभवाद् वीतरागस्तवादितः ।
कुमारपालभूपालः प्राप्नोतु फलमीप्सितम् ॥ १ ॥ 3) Kurmaksayajūtistavah, 15 s'lokas, 4) Surakrtītis'ayastavah, 14 s'lokas, 5) Pratikūryastavah, 9 s'lokas. 6) Prūtipeksanirāsastavah, 12 s’lokus. 7) Jugatkartrnirīsastavch, 8 s’lokas. 8) Elīntanirūsastavah, 12 :'lokus. 9) Kalislitvah, 8 s'lolocs. 10) Adbh. wah, 8 s’lokas. 11) Ma. 8 s'lokus. 12) Vair , 8 s'lokas. 13) Hetur
8 s'lokas. 14) Yogasiddh , 8 s'lokas. 15) Bhaktistaru t lokas. 16) Atmagarkastich, 9 s'lokas. 17) Saranagamanastavah, 8 s’lokas. 18) Kathoroktistavah, 10 s'lokas. 19) Ājñīsteval, 8 s'lokas. 20) Asistavah, 8 s'lokas; it ends:
तव प्रेष्योऽस्मि दासोऽस्मि सेवकोऽस्म्यस्मि किंकरः ।
ओमिति प्रतिपद्यस्व नाथ नातः परं ब्रुवे ॥८॥ The stotra is a short poetic compendium of the Jaina-doctrine, and may have been Hemacandra's first attempt to acquaint Kumārapāla with the teachings of Jainism.
82. Indian Antiquary, vol. IV, PP. 268-269.
83. The story of Yükavihāra is to be found in the Prabanchacintamani p. 232, and that of the punishment of Laksa in the Prubhivakacaritra XXII, 823-830. Kolhana of Naddala is a historical porsonage, and is mentioned in an inscription of V. S. 1218, see above, page 38. The issue of tho odlict of Amiri is, of course, mentioned also in all the Prabandhs. In the Prabhävakitoaritro XXII. 691. wo road that it was announced in the whole kingdom with the sound of drums. In the Prabandhacintamani pp. 211, 243 it is said that the edict was issued for a limited period of fourteen years. In the Kumārapālacarita it is mentioned on p. 144, line 16, pp. 152. ff, and many details are given, which ropeat and extend the accounts of the Doyās' raya and of the Prabandhacintāmani.
84. Prabhāvakacaritra XXII, 690-691; Kumārapālacarita p. 154.
85. Prabhāvokacaritrat XXII, 692-702; Prabandhacintamani pp. 216-217; Kumārapāla. urilu . 205, where an anecdote of a certain case is also related; Kirtilearmudi II. 43-44. The Prabhāvakacaritra remarks in verse 693 expressly that it was the merchants (vyavahärin ) whose fortune was confiscated if they died without leaving sons. The passage, just mentioned in the Abhijnanas'ākuntala, is to be found in the 6th Act, pp. 138-139, ed. Pischel.
138-139, ed. Piseassage, just mentívyavokärin)