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Swami Samantabhadra |
It is generally good, but not sufficient to fully reveal the secrets of the text. There must be another better commentary on this text, which needs to be found from the repositories. This stotra is also included in the 'Kriyakalāpa' text, and there is said to be a commentary by P. Āśādhara on Kriyakalāpa, so there should also be a commentary by P. Āśādhara on this text. 4 Jinastutiśataka |
This text is also known by the names 'Stutividyā,' 'Jinastutiśatam,' 'Jinśataka,' and 'Jinśatakālaṁkāra.' The name 'Stutividyā' comes from the initial pledge sentence of the text, 'Stutividyāṁ prasādhye.' 'Jinastutiśatam' is found from the final kavya-nāma-garbha-chakra-vṛtta of the text. And 'Jinśataka' is the abbreviated name indicated by the commentator in his commentary. Because it is primarily based on alankaras, it is also called 'Jinśatakālaṁkāra.' This text is overflowing with bhakti rasa, is written with great skill and excellence in imagery, is adorned with all alankaras, and is so difficult and challenging that even the best scholars cannot easily understand it without the help of a Sanskrit commentary. Much has already been said about this text. It has 196 verses, and there is only one available Sanskrit commentary on them, which was written by Narasimha Bhaṭṭa. Before Narasimha Bhaṭṭa's commentary, there was no other commentary on this text, as is found from a sentence of the commentator; and this can only mean that at the time of Narasimha or in his country, no commentary on this text was available. Before that