Unknown Pilgrims

SR No.: 007014
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: N Shanta
Publisher: Sri Satguru Publications Delhi
Publication Year: 1997
Total Pages: 820
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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The Unknown Pilgrims
- In one of the verses which are appended to the XIVth century manuscript of a short commentary on the Avaśyaka-sútra by Tilaka Ācārya, it is stated that:
Cäritrasundari, who before receiving dikṣā was called Sarasvati, practised tapas (austerity), [for it is] difficult to obtain this happiness (mokşa) by any other means. 125
-At the end of the manuscript of the Upadeśamălă of Dharmadāsa Gani and after the commentary upon it for the use of beginners by Vimalakirti (XVIth-XVIIth centuries), we learn that: the transcription was made at Viramapura (Rājasthāna), the tenth day of the bright fortnight of bhādrapada (August-September) of saṁvat 1680 (1624).
to be studied by Sādhvi Punyasiddhi Ganini, disciple of Padmasiddhi Gaņini, disciple of Sādhvi Mānasiddhi Gaņini the most outstanding of the learned (sādhvis).126
-At the end of the manuscript of the Vipāka-sūtra dated sarvat 1816 (1760) we are informed that: in the city of Jodhapura, the Vipāka-sutra and brief commentary thereon were transcribed for her own use by Vakattu, disciple of Sri Ārya Purānjani. 127
-In an undated manuscript of the Upadeśamālā with explanations of certain words supplied one observes in the middle of each page the following note:
grhe Sarasvati namnā vrate Caritrasundari
tapasyati śivāyaisā durlabhaṁ hi tadanyathā (15). Ibid., No 114; p. 38. A Sanskrit text; the Avaśyaka-sútra belongs to the Müla Āgamas. The epoch in which Tilaka Ācārya lived is not known.
126 ... nihseșavićeşavidāmvarā sādhvi Mānasiddhigaņinišisyā
Padmasiddhigasini tacchişya sādhvi Punyasiddhiganini pathanakste. Ibid., No 1581; pp. 309-310. The text is a very ancient compendium of instructions written in Prākrit; the commentary is in Gujarati.
127 Ibid., No 729; p. 246; although the name Vakattu is preceded by no title, it is classified as the name of a sadhvi in the index, p.431. The Vipäka-sutra belongs to the Anga Agamas; the commentary is in Gujarāti.