Life in Ancient India as Depicted in Jain Canons

SR No.: 011077
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jagdishchandra Jain
Publisher: New Book Company
Publication Year: 1947
Total Pages: 429
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 16 MB

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LIFE IN ANCIŁYT INDIA
Parāni.
It appeared like a female boar and was a counterspell to the lioness* spell." Tattha.
By uttering this spell or by rubbing a piece of cloth a patient was cured. The Jain monks employed this charm for curing nake-hite and carbuncle.es Veganai.
By means of this spell one is able to rise up swiftly, a Tetāli ( or Verālini).
This was a magic art which brought dead bodies to life 10 Accord. ing to the Uttaradhyarana commentary, by this spell a Jijāhasa kidnapped a woman. Parchaga.
It appeared like a scorpion and was a counterspell to the peaben" spell.103 Iisallakaran.
It made a person free from a pointed weapon or from pain intalla 13
THE VIDIHARAS
The rrihara, or wisdom-holders" were spirits like fairies or 1lphs who occupied an important place in the Jain texts.104 The Timnara were essentially spirits of the air khtsara, and were described as traucllins in their excellent cars caraciming) which they could make at their will They are represented as devotees of Jain religion and frequenthil zeer them bound for the pilgrimage of the Nandisara dīva or the Ariki ald mountain.los The Vijjaharas also joined the Jain ascetic order : ** they are
* Læ.lu.of.at. ; Cheri, Ti.obi. na lis. Bici. 1p. nr. # Bha. 3-3907. According to M. Willams Sur Dintre je
bifu Tifpis a wong reading for rastu ildja xhich is a science in building. qe tema. Ti 1, 245 Vergnati is a name of a ridadhari in the KN
V Wilham's S writ-Erigans Dictiorary W. Sayar oy car. 101 15 p 24a F luddha s mentioned in Buddhast literature. ise Crtani. the room
Simo 190 thomed in the Ramajand. II. 25-38 **
These spes are also mentioned in the Dropicadas (xxiii, 636 1). Yu The lichare also appear on the Bharhat Inscripuons (-209). she defa 217
to be a king of Scano-human beings possessing the knowledge cf magic aris 2. r ent in the Himalaya mountains (Hocenie s Readings from the Blachta suural in the 2writka Jalata (No. 391) 111, p. 303 f. they are described as a being g..
" Jalliance and seducton, and accustomed to perform by day poparcnt 1. 1 ment in a cremation ground, standing on one leg wbile saluung the sin ct " J.Baku (No. 436), IU, p. 328. The Tatran (LXLX) chumerales hitr a gumas of lwythwas, which gare nse to several as of tht ljumi 11
Frugtription:r, p. 891: Barua and Sinha, also see ärkandey. pp. 11-1. 133 Chi Ti, ap. 137af. 15. 193a. 139 14, p. 13).