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अग्निज्वालासमाक्रांतं मनोमलविशोधनं ।
देदीप्यमानं हृत्पद्मे तत् पदं नौमि निर्मलं ॥ २ ॥ etc.
द (दृ)टै ( है ) सत्य तो बिंबं (चे) भवेद सप्तम के ध्रुवं । पदं प्राप्नोति विश्रस्तं परमानंदसंपदां ॥ ८० ॥
इति श्री गौतमसामीविरचिते श्रीऋषिमंडलस्तोत्रं संपूर्ण ॥
Published by several persons. For instance, it occurs in several editions such as नित्यस्मरणजैनस्तोत्रादिसंग्रह published by "सस्तीबांचनमाला", पञ्चप्रतिक्रमणसूत्र ( लोहावर ), and " प्राचीन जैनस्तोत्र संग्रह " got published by सास्त्री हरिभी. In one of the editions there are 63 verses. The ending portion therein is given as under :
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इदं स्तोत्रं महास्तोत्रं स्तुतीनामुत्तमं परम् ।
पठनात् स्मरणाज्जापाल्लभ्यते पदमुत्तमम् || ६३ ॥
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इति श्री ऋषिमण्डलस्तोत्रम् | क्षेपकश्लोकान् निराकृत्य मूलं यन्त्रकल्पानुसारेण लिखितं गणिश्रीक्षमा कल्याणोपाध्यायैः । तस्योपरि मयाऽपि लिखितमिदं स्तोत्रम् ||
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There are different versions of this hymn. That is why the numbers for verses differ. For instance they are : 63, 80, 82, 86, 93 and 102. The oldest version seems to be based on Vidyanušasana of Malliṣena Sūri, author of Bhairava-Padmavati-kalpa.
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This Rṣimandalastotra along with its Gujarati translation is assigned a place in Agama-sara-sangraha. Here it consists of 102 verses.
नवस्मरण
This hymn ( having 86 verses ) along with its Gujarati translation forms the first appendix of " महाप्रभाविक published by Sarabhai Maṇilal Nawab. The yantra pertaining to this hymn together with a photo of the citra-pata ( on cloth) of the yantramnaya got prepared by Harṣaratna Gani in Vikrama Samvat 1507, is given here.
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