Jaina Stupa At Mathura Art And Icons

SR No.: 007031
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Renuka J Porwal
Publisher: Prachya Vidyapith
Publication Year: 2016
Total Pages: 306
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 13 MB

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The Jaina Stupa at Mathura: Art & Icons
story regarding the Pāriņāmika Buddhi30. This shows that the author of cūrni was familiar with the above stūpa of Munisuvrata Svāmī. As per the opinion of the present Ācārya Yugbhusada Vijayji, this stūpa was destroyed by King Kuņika (Ajātaśatru) while attacking the city. The text Antagada-dasāo refers to Mudgalapāņi-yakșa shrine at Rājagrha. The ceityas- Pūrņabhadra (outskirt of Campā city), Amara-śālavana (at Amalakappā city) etc. are the shrines of deities of the vyantara class known as Jakkhāyatana31 According to Aupapātika-sūtra, Pūrņabhadra caitya was very ancient32 (purāņā or cirātīta), even Mahāvīra stayed at this caitya. The caitya is also used in a sacred sense at many places33 in a sense of a relic shrine marking a sacred place. The commentator Abhaydevasūri mentioned that one has to adore the Jinas and deities for auspicious happenings i.e. to spread mangala and kalyāņa. “Kallāņaṁ mangalam "devayaṁ ceiyaṁ viņaeņaṁ pajjuvāsaņijjo." The Stūpa at Mathurā: Many ascetics like Ācārya Bappabhattasūri, Jinabhadra Kşamāsrāmaņa, Haribhadra (7th A.D.), Harişeņa (932 A.D.), Somdeva (10th A.D.), Sangamasüri (11th A.D.), Jinaprabhasūri (14th A.D.) visited this sacred stūpa in different period. They narrated its enormous structure with adornment and also the legend about its establishment by the deity in their work.
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30 वेसालिए णगरीए णगरणाभीए मुणिसुव्वय सामिस्स थूभो ।
- आवश्यकचूर्णि (पारिणामिक बुद्धि प्रकरण) पृ. ५३७ 31 U. P. Shah, Studies in Jaina..., 1955, pp. 50-51. 32 I) Ibid. II) U. P. Shah, “So-Called Mauryan Polish in Jaina Literature", Journal, M.S. Uni.
Baroda, (June 1955). 33 Viz. Sthananga (sūtra 3.1), Rayapaseniyam (pp. 39), Bhagavati (2.1, sūtra. 91), Aupapatika
(sūtra. 27), etc.