Nav Smarana

SR No.: 008333
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vinod Kapashi
Publisher: Vinod Kapashi
Total Pages: 224
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English, Devotion, Worship, Worship, J000, & J999
File Size: 922 KB

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problem was naturally solved. In another incident, the author says that once he was lost in one of the jungles in the state of Karnataka, and it was very difficult to find the way out. He did not even know the local language. He recited the Uvasaggaharam Stotra continuously. When he was doing that someone from the middle of nowhere approached him. The unknown man had a vehicle and he spoke in Hindi, which the author knew. This man offered him a lift and once again the author's troubles were over. The unknown man suddenly disappeared after taking the author to his destination.
The experiences described by the author would certainly strengthen devotee's faith in the power of the stotra and the power of prayer.
4/3 Mantras and Yantras Associated with the Third Recitation, The Santikaram Stotra
The Santikaram Stotra is in praise of Shäntinätha and the other gods and goddesses like the sixteen Vidyä devis, the twenty-four yakshas and the twenty-four yakshinis. This stotra has been included in the Pratikramana ritual, and it is believed that the recitation of this stotra pacifies all obstacles and brings Shänti (peace) to the household. The whole stotra, in fact, is a mantra and there is very little literature in terms of separate mantras associated with it.
The following procedure (amnäy) has been taken from the Mahäprabhävik NavSmarana. "If anyone is suffering from blisters on his body, he must get the help of someone who will perform the following rites: A person who wishes to help is advised to take a bath, clean himself, put on clean clothes, sit on a suitable and clean seat (asana) then say, "Munisundar-Sooribhyo Namah' twenty one times, so that a man with the ailment would hear the recitation. Then he should touch his own body seven times from head to toe. After this, whilst keeping a piece of clothe in his hand, he should gently rub the blister on the body of a person and keep reciting stotra. The stotra has to be recited hundred and eight times.'
'The Santikaram mantra-procedure states that this will cure the blisters and any fever that may have been caused due to the same blisters.
This and other similar prescriptions lead to the conclusion that the Santikaram Stotra was, and perhaps still is, being used to cure fevers of all kinds.
4/4 Mantras and Yantras Associated with the Fourth Recitation, The Tijaypahutta Stotra
As we have seen in part one, this particular stotra worships the hundred and seventy Tirthankaras that may have existed simultaneously in this and in other distant lands. According to Jain cosmology, hundred and seventy is the maximum number of Tirthankaras that could have lived simultaneously at any given time. The poet of the stotra takes this fact into account and worships those hundred and seventy Tirthankaras.
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