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 : 17-19
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refers to him as Ambā pasāya i. e. Ambāprasāda in his Apabhramsa work 'Chhakammuvaeso' written in 1247 Vikrama era.
As there is in v. 3 of the hymn a reference to Kuberanagara (perhaps Kodināra), * which is the name of the town where Sri Ambikā resided with her husband according to the Svetāmbara tradition, we think the author of the hymn is very probably the said Svetāmbara minister Ambāprasāda. It may also be noted that the Digambara tradition describes Sri Ambikā to be of dark-blue (Harita) colour which colour not mentioned at all in the hymn although her three different Dhyānas are given where Sri Ambikā is to be contemplated as of three different colours. None of the said colours is 'Harita' or dark-blue.
APPENDICES 17 TO 19 The hymns in Appendices 17 and 18 do not furnish any clue as to their authoriship. The Mantra incorporated in the hymn in Appendix 17 is one of Sri Ambika's Mantra set forth in Appendix 19. We think Appendix 19 is a continuation of the work contained in Appendix 18 and the two verses given in the beginning of Appendix 19 are the verses containing 'Falasruti' of the hymn in Appendix 18 and are followed by the Kalpa of Sri Ambikā containing her various Mantras meant for achieving various objects. As the hymn in Appendix 21 by Sri Jineśvarasūri, the pupil of Sri Jinapatisūri, does not give the full-grown Mantra incorporated in the hymn in Appendix 17 the latter hymn is probably later in date than the hymn in Appendix 21.
According to v. 1 of the hymn in Appendix 17 Ambikā is the protectress of all the creatures of the world and according to v. 8 the protectress of all the Jain temples. Both the hymns in Appendices 17 and 18 and the first Mantra on p. 93 describe her as devoted to the Jain Faith. The correct readings in the 2nd half of
* See Vividhatirtha Kalpa, Ambikādevi Kalpa p. 107 which mentions Kodināra, also Satruñjayamāhātmya II, 13 which mentions Kuberanagara.