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This is how, wherever there are courageous tapasvīs the old mythological pattern involving Rṣabhadeva and Śreyansakumara is kept alive every year until our time.
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References :
1. Jain Digest, July 1992, vol. 19, no. 3, p. 5.
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Jain Digest, Oct. 1990, vol. 17, no. 4, p. 11.
N.K. Singhi, p. 144-145 in the Assembly of Listeners.
See Encyclopedia of Religion under "Christmas".
akkhaya-dāņu bhanevi Seyamsaho
akkhayataiyaṇāukiu divasaho, Svayambhudeva, Paumacariu 2, 17,
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Past and Present of a Jaina Festivel
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Kanakakusala and Kṣamakalyana.
C.G. Diehl, Instrument and purpose, Lund. 1956, p. 43.
Ex. Akṣayatṛtiya by Jayabhikkhu for Shrimati Chandrakantaben who completed her varṣitap on 1st May 1949 and went to Śatruñjaya, Śrī Akṣayatṛtiyā, Publ. in the Shri Harshapushpamrit Jain Granthamala for two ladies and one man who accomplished varṣitapa in 1979.
Cf. Aṇuvrat 1-15 June 1983, p. 96.
Cf. Tulsi Prajna 5, 1-2, April-May 1979, p. 80 Seven tapasvis were involved in the ceremony.
11. E.g. varṣitap observed by Muni Ramnikvijayji (see introduction to the Dharmabhyudaya, Bombay, 1949, Singhi Jain Series 4), and Saptahik Śramaṇ Bhāratī (Agra) of 18.4.1988 inviting people for a general pāraṇā in a place called Durg.
12. Jain (Bhavangar) 23.4.1970.
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13. Cf. Jaina Ratnasara, p. 527 Ādi Jinesar Pāraṇo (Shatrunjaya); p. 528 Rishabh Jinesar Parno (Hastinapur); Sadhvi Svarnaji, Nirvāṇa Pathik Svarna Jyoti, p. 123 Ādināth pāraṇā.
14. Aryika Gyanmatiji, Merī Smṛtiyan, p. 616, 741, 770.
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