Jainism and Karnataka Culture

SR No.: 011062
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: S R Sharma
Publisher: Karnataka Historical Research Society Dharwar
Publication Year: 1940
Total Pages: 263
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 9 MB

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CONTRIBUTIONS to LITERATURE, Etc.
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That is, those are grhastas or true house-holders who perform the daily and occasional rites; yajnas for the satisfaction of the Creator, the ancestors, and the elements constitute the daily rites.' No wonder that the commentator explains this as follows:
टीका-यत्स्वशक्त्या ब्रह्मणः पूजा क्रियते तथाभीष्टदेवतार्चनं तथा पितृतर्पणं तथाकालप्राप्तब्राह्मणतर्पणं तथाभूतयज्ञः। भूतयज्ञशब्देन वैश्वदेवबलिप्रदानमुच्यते। एतानि कुर्वाणो गृहस्थो नित्यानुष्ठायी भवति । तथा च वर्ग:
पितृदेवमनुष्याणां पूजनं ब्रामणः सह ।
बलिप्रदानसंयुक्तं नित्यानुष्ठानमुच्यते ॥80 As examples of some of Somadeva's proverbial statements we might adduce the following :
(1) हस्तिस्नानमिव सर्वमनुष्ठानमनियमितेंद्रियमनोवृत्तीनाम् ॥ २४ ॥ • Even like the bathing of an elephant (futile) is the ceremonial of a man whose senses and mind are disorderly or uncontrolled.'
(2) कालेन संचीयमानः परमाणुरपि जायते मेरुः ॥ २८ 1.1 Little grains of sand make a mighty land ; lit. 'Even atoms saved in course of time form a mountain like Meru.'
(3) अनाचरतो मनोरथाः स्वमराज्यसमाः ॥ ३२ ॥ Ideals divorced from practice are kingdoms owned in dreams.' In the words of Vallabhadêva, cited by the commentator, 'By exertion alone are achievements made, pot through mere intentions; the prey never seeks the mouth of a sleeping lion. "92
From these specimens of Jaina contributions to Sanskrit literature we must now turn to the vernacular writers.
Two of the most noted among the Kannaďa writers, namely, Ādi Pampa and Abhinava Pampa, authors respectively of the best known versions in Kannada of the Mahābhārata and the
89_Nuirikyāmrita Text, pp. 47-8. 80 Gf. अशुदेंद्रियचित्तो यः कुरुते काचित्सलिया । ___ हस्तिस्नानमिव व्यर्थ तस्य सा परिकीर्तिता ॥
Ibid., com. p. 60. 91 Ibid., p. 17. 92 Cf. उद्यमेन हि सिंदयन्ति कार्याणि न मनोरथैः।
न हि मुप्तस्य सिंहस्य प्रविशंति मुखे मृगाः॥ Ibid., p. 10. RO-2528-19