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श्रीमत्समन्तभद्रस्वामिने नमः। Swami Samantabhadra. Preface. In the Jain community, the seat of Bhagwan Samantabhadra Swami is very high among the brilliant Acharyas, capable scholars and revered "Mahatmas". Perhaps only a few unfortunate Jains will not have heard your holy name; but the majority of the society is certainly very unfamiliar with your pure qualities and holy life stories, or rather, unfamiliar. It is very disturbing that the society is so ignorant about its great leader and such a leader who has been written as "the founder of the Jina religion". We have been wanting for a long time to remove this ignorance of the people by writing a true history of Acharya Mahoray - a complete account of his life. But even after trying a lot, we have not been able to fulfill that desire yet. . 1 See the inscription No. 108 (new No. 258) of Shravanabelagola.
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________________ श्रीमत्समन्तभद्रस्वामिने नमः। स्वामी समन्तभद्र। प्राकथन । जैनसमाजके प्रतिभाशाली आचार्यों, समर्थ विद्वानों और सुपूज्य "महात्माओंमें भगवान्समन्तभद्र स्वामीका आसन बहुत ऊँचा है । ऐसा शायद कोई ही अभागा जैनी होगा जिसने आपका पवित्र नाम न सुना हो; परंतु समाजका अधिकांश भाग ऐसा जरूर है जो आपके निर्मल गुणों और पवित्र जीवनवृत्तान्तोंसे बहुत ही कम परिचित हैबल्कि यों कहिये कि, अपरिचित, है अपने एक महान् नेता और ऐसे नेताके विषयमें जिसे 'जिनशासनका प्रणेता' तक लिखा है समाजका इतना भारी अज्ञान बहुत ही खटकता है। हमारी बहुत दिनोंसे इस बातकी बराबर इच्छा रही है कि आचार्यमहोदयका एक सच्चा इतिहास-उनके जीवनका पूरा वृत्तान्त—लिखकर लोगोंका यह अज्ञान भाव दूर किया जाय । परंतु बहुत कुछ प्रयत्न करने पर भी हम अभी तक अपनी उस इच्छाको पूरा करनेके लिये समर्थ नहीं हो सके। . १ देखो श्रवणबेल्गोलका शिलालेख नं० १०८ (नया नं० २५८)। Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.010669
Book TitleRatnakarandaka Shravakachara
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorJugalkishor Mukhtar
PublisherManikchand Digambar Jain Granthamala Samiti
Publication Year1982
Total Pages456
LanguageHindi, Sanskrit
ClassificationBook_Devnagari
File Size7 MB
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