Ancient Jaina Hymns

SR No.: 011036
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Charlotte Krause
Publisher: SCIndia Oriental Institute Ujain
Publication Year: 1952
Total Pages: 185
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Literature, & Worship
File Size: 7 MB

Page 171

NOTES
(22) "yad bhejuşim sumanasām ......manaḥ"="ya vicah (yam viņim) pibatim sajjanāniñ.........mana!"; in this context. "vibudha" must be taken as an adjective.
(340) The first sentence ends after "yā te". (356) "bhinna"="puffed up". (37) "na neme"="I never bowed" (here the sentence ends).
"vaya"="kākha" : "a forest conflagration caused by the falling of lightning on branches (of forest trees)".
(41) "garan"=Part. Pres. of "fri" "to tear".
(45) "Bhogindra"="the Indra of the Snake(-demon)s", 1. C., Dharañendra, the Indra of the Nägakumiras, Pārsvanātha's Śāsanadeva; "Bhogi-lalani"=the Śāsanadevi of Parsvanátha, Padmavati, consort of the former,
“Lakşmil" is, of course, meant in the metaphorical sense of "Highest Bliss", i. e., "Mokşa".
4. SANKHEŚVARA-PĀRŚVANĀTHA-STAVANA
(3) "Kamatha"=the name of Parsvanatha's hostile brother in his pre-existence as the Minister's son Marubhūti. This Kamatha was, in Pärsvanātha's last existence, re-incarnated as the Asura Meghamălin, who tried to disturb the Lord's meditation by sending against him ferocious animals, dust-storms, and cloud-bursts, which latter are alluded to here along with the just mentioned snake-deities, who tried to protect him with their expanded hoods.
(8) "aşta-karma-karați"="the (hostile) elephants, consisting in the eight (well-known) karma-prakştis" : vide general chapter,
"pañcapramidah"="the five intoxicants", viz., alcohol, sexual lust, passion, sleep, and undesirable talk ("vigahi"), cp. Uttaràdh, IV.
5. TIRTHAMĀLĀ-CAITYAVANDANA
(40) The Locative "Darbhīvate" "Darbhå vata"!
presupposes a
rather
unusual
(50) This passage refers to the four main categories of gods, viz., Bhavanavisin, Vyantara, Jyotişka, and Vaimánika, and to their abodes in the various strata of the universe, all of which are supposed to contain temples of the Tirthaukaras.
133