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 : PADMAVATIPUJANA
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therein and consequent expulsion from Gujarat of Digambara Jains the works of the latter were not readily available to Swetambara Jains.
APPENDIX 2 PADMAVATIPOJANA Appendix 2 contains 'Padmāvatīpājana' by Indranāndi already mentioned. He is styled Yogīndra. He recast the old Jwālini Kalpa of Sri Helācārya alias Elācarya, as it was difficult to understand, completing it at Mānyakheta, the capital of King Sri Krsnarāja, on Vaisakha Sukla 3rd Saka 861 i. e. 996 Vikrama era. Indranandi in his Jwālinīkalpa mentions Gāngamuni (Elācārya's pupil), Vijābja, Aryā Kşāntirasabbā, Viruvatta, Kandarpa and Gunanandi as the seven persons through whom knowledge of Jwālināmata was handed down to him, he having been directly instructed by the last two jointly. We may therefore reasonably suppose Elācārya to have lived about 150 years earlier i. e. about 850 Vikrama era. Indranandi was a very famous Digambara Jain Māntrkia and must have written other Māntric works also. From the fact that Vardhamānasūri (1468 Vikrama era) mentions at p. 150 in his Acāradinakara Vol. II Indranandi along with others as authors of Pratiştha-Kalpas (works on instāllation ceremonies), we may infor that he must have written a Pratișthākalpa. Vidyānusāsana ch. V gives a hymn of Pārsvanātha with commentary which mentions him as its author.
APPENDIX 3-RAKTA PADMAVATI KALPA ETC.
Appendix 3 contains Rakta Padmavati kalpa'. It comprises Mantras, Yantras, a hymn and a special mode of worship of Padmāvati. From the fact that the Yantra is called second in the subscription one may think that there must have been the first Yantra which is now inissing. From the abrupt and unconnected manner in which different subjects are treated one gets the impression of there being lacunae in the work. There is no data even to venture a surmise as to the author of the work. From the language of Pujanavidhi one may think it to be not earlier than the 15th century of Vikrama era. The other parts are in Sanskrit and we are not sure whether they were written