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 : PADMAVATI STOTRA, ETC.
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is really no scope for it because Indranandi appears to expressly men. tion his name in the body of his hymn or work as he has in fact done in the said hymn of Sri Pārsvanātha and also his Jwālinīkalpa. That Jwālinistotra commencing with the words 'Srimaddaityorugendra' is not Indranandi's is certain as the vehicle of Jwālini in the first verse thereof is said to be a lion instead of the he-buffalo mentioned by Indranandi in his Jwālini-kalpa. Both Elācārya and Mallisena describe the vehicle to be a he-buffalo.
We may here state in anticipation that we are inclined to think that the same author also composed the famous Padmāvatyastaka which has been much enlarged by subsequent additions as given in Appendix 5.
The other works in Appendix 4 viz. two Aştakas, Jayamālā etc. are in ungrammatical Sanskrit and are meant to be recited while performing Pūjā.
APPENDIX 5-PADMAVATI STOTRA ETC. Appendix 5 gives the enlarged version of the famous Padmavatyaştaka. The first eight verses are the original verses and with verse 32 as the 9th verse comprise the original hymn, the ninth verse being meant to narrate the fruits to be gathered by the recital of the hymn. The 33rd verse of the hymn, as given, in this appendix, is of a similar nature and contains 'Falasruti' by the redactor. VV. 34 to 36 prove conclusively that the original hymn contained only eight verses. Because the 32nd verse has the word 'Dānavendraih' some think it must have been composed by some Dánavendrasūrī. We are not aware of any such Sūri. As the hymn was popular even in the time of the commentator Pārsvadevagaņi i. e. in 1203 (he terms it 'Lokaprasiddha') it must have been written at least a century earlier. We think, as already stated above, that the author of this hymn must be the same as the author of Pārsvanāthastotra and Jwālinistotra above mentioned. The five other works are Aştaka, Pratyekapājā, Jayamālā, Padmavatidaņdaka and Padmāvati Patala. All these except Daņdaka