Ratnakarandaka Shravakachara

SR No.: 010669
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jugalkishor Mukhtar
Publisher: Manikchand Digambar Jain Granthamala Samiti
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 456
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 7 MB

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परिशिष्ट।
२४७
'अत्र भरतक्षेत्रे वांमिदेशे वसुंधरा नगरी भविष्यति । तत्र नरवाहनो राजा, तस्य सुरूपा राज्ञी......। निजमित्रं मगधस्वामिनं मुनीन्द्रं दृष्ट्वा वैराग्यभावनाभावितो नरवाहनोपि श्रेष्ठिना सुबुद्धिनाम्ना सह जैनी दीक्षां धरिष्यति ।.......धरसेनभट्टारकः कतिपयदिनैर्नरवाहनसुबुद्धिनाम्नोः पठनाकर्णनचिंतनक्रियां कुर्वतोराषाढश्वेतैकादशीदिने शास्त्रं परिसमाप्तिं यास्यति । एकस्य भूता रात्रौ बलिविधिं करिष्यंति, अन्यस्य दन्तचतुष्क सुन्दरं । भूतबलिप्रभावाद्भूतबलिनामा नरवाहनो मुनिर्भविष्यति समदन्तचतुष्टयप्रभावात् सबुद्धिः पुष्पदन्त नामा मुनिर्भविष्यति ।............यथा षट्खण्डागमरचनाकारको भूतबलिभट्टारकस्तथा पुष्पदन्तोपि विंशतिप्ररूपणानां कर्ता ।" .
इस सब कथनपर कोई विशेष विचार न करके हम यहाँपर सिर्फ इतना ही बतलाना चाहते हैं कि, यद्यपि, भारतीय प्राचीन इतिहासके प्रधान ग्रंथों-' अर्ली हिस्टरी ऑफ इंडिया' आदिमें ' नरवाहन' नामके राजाका कोई उल्लेख नहीं मिलता; परन्तु दिगम्बर सम्प्रदायके दो प्राचीन ग्रंथों-'त्रिलोकप्रज्ञप्ति' ( तिलोय-पण्णत्ति ) और 'हरिवंशपुराण' ( जिनसेनकृत ) में उसका उल्लेख जरूर पाया जाता है । साथ ही भाषा हरिवंशपुराणकी श्रीनगेन्द्रनाथ वसु-लिखित प्रस्तावनासे यह भी मालूम होता है कि श्वेताम्बर संप्रदायके 'तित्थुगुलिय–पयण्ण' और 'तीर्थोद्धारप्रकीर्ण' नामक ग्रंथोंमें भी — नरवाहन नामके राजाका
१ देखो 'गांधी हरिभाई देवकरण जैनग्रंथमाला' में प्रकाशित भाषा हरिवंशपुराणका सन् १९१६ का संस्करण ।

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Appendix.
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'In this Bharat Kshetra, in the Vami Desa, there will be a city called Vasundhara. There, Naravahana will be the king, and his queen will be beautiful...... Seeing his friend, the king of Magadha, the Muni Indra, Naravahana, filled with the feeling of renunciation, will take Jain Diksha along with the best man named Subuddhi. ....... Dharasen Bhattaraka will complete the reading, listening, and contemplation of Naravahana and Subuddhi on the Ashadh Shweta Ekadashi. On one night, they will perform the Bali Vidhi, and on the other, the beautiful Danta Chatushk. Due to the influence of the Bhuta Bali, Naravahana Muni will be known as Bhuta Bali, and due to the influence of the beautiful Danta Chatushk, Subuddhi will be known as Pushpadanta Muni. ............ Just as the Shatkhandagama was composed by Bhuta Bali Bhattaraka, similarly, Pushpadanta was the author of twenty Prarupaanas.'

We do not want to dwell on this narrative, but only want to point out that, although, there is no mention of a king named Naravahana in the main texts of ancient Indian history, such as 'Early History of India', his name is found in two ancient texts of the Digambar sect - 'Trilokprajnapti' (Tiloy-Pannatti) and 'Harivansh Purana' (written by Jinsen). Also, from the preface of the Harivansh Purana written by Shrinagendra Nath Basu, it is known that the Swetambar sect's texts 'Titthuguliya-Payanna' and 'Tirthoddhar Prakirna' also mention a king named Naravahana.
1 See the 1916 edition of the Harivansh Purana published in the 'Gandhi Haribhai Devkaran Jain Granthamala'.