Comparative Study of Mantrashastra

SR No.: 006575
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Mohanlal Bhagwandas Jhaveri
Publisher: Sarabhai Manilal Nawab
Publication Year: 1944
Total Pages: 376
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, L000, & L020
File Size: 21 MB

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APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1-ADBHUTA PADMAVATI KALPA W E now turn to works in appendices. 'Adbhuta Padmāvati Kalpa' of
Candrasūri, a pupil of Swetambara Upādhyāya Yāsobhadra, is contained in Appendix I. It is a work in six chapters but the first two chapters are missing. Indranandi is mentioned in v. 50 ch. IV and after v.15 ch. V of the said work and described respectively therein as Guru and Mantravādi -Vidyā-Cakravarti-Cūdāmaņi This is enough to identify him as the famous Digambara Jain Māntrika who flourished circa 996 Vikrama era. The very high regard shown by the author for Indranandi shows that it was probably under the influence of his Māntric works that 'Adbhuta Padmāvati Kalpa' was written. The mention of 24 companion-deities and 20 Dandesas of Sri Padmāvati in the Yantra described in ch. IV of the work is novel. The arrangement of the Yantra is probably borrowed from some work of Indranandi. * Inclusion of Pratyangirā, Ambikā, Jwālāmālīni and Cakresvari in the Yantra shows the popularity of these deities at the time. + Details of worship of Sri Padmavati are also given in the said chapter. V. 53 ch. IV gives Dhyāna of Padmavati which is different from that given in Bhairava Padmāvati Kalpa in that one of her arms bears a lotus instead of the divine fruit. V. 19 ch. IV gives Padmāvati's following Mantra. "
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This is different from the five Mantras described in Bhairava Padmāvati Kalpa. The third chapter describes protective rite and
* Cf. Mälämantra in ch. VI with Mālämantra given in the beginning of Indranandi's Parimavatipūjana in Appendix 2.
Jinsenācārya who composed Harivamśapurāņa in Saka 705 i. e. 840 Vikram era refers to 24 Sāsanadevatās and praises therein Apraticakră alias Cakreśvariand Ambika which shows popularity of their worship at the time. Here is the verse:
प्रहीतचक्राप्रतिचक्रदेवता तथोर्जयन्तालयसिंहवाहिनी । शिवाय यस्मिन्त्रिह सविधीयते व तत्र विघ्नाः प्रभवन्ति शासने ॥४४॥