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Jaina Literature and Philosophy
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Subject. Eulogy of the male and female saints in 13 verses in Prakrit together with their explanations in Sanskrit' and Gujarati. The male saints here mentioned are as under :
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(1) Bharateśvara alias Bharata, (2) Bahubalin, (3) Abhayakumāra, (4) Dhaṇḍhaṇakumāra, ( 5 ) Śrīyaka, ( 6 ) Arņikāputra, (7) Atimukta, (8) Nagadatta, (9) Metarya, (10) Sthulabhadra, ( 11 ) Vajraṛși, ( 12 ) Nandişeņa, ( 13 ) Simhagiri, (14) Kṛtapuṇyaka, (15) Sukośala, (16) Puṇḍarika, ( 17 ) Keśin, (18) Karakandu, (19) Halla, (20) Vihalla, (21) Sudarsana śreṣṭhin, (22) Šāla, (23) Mahāśāla, (24) Śalibhadra, (25) Bhadrabahusvāmin, (26) Dasarṇabhadra, (27) Prasannacandra, (28) Yaśobhadra Sūri, (29) Jambūsvāmin, (30) Vaņkacula, (31) Gajasukumāla, (32) Avantisukumāla, ( 33 ) Dhanyakumāra, (34) Ilāciputra, (35) Cilātīputra, (36) Yugabahu muni, (37) Aryamahagiri, (38) Āryarakṣita, ( 39 ) Äryasuhastin, (40) Udayana, (41) Manaka, (42) Kālika Süri, (43) Šamba, (44) Pradyumna, (45) Müladeva, (46) Prabhavasvamin, (47) Viṣṇukumāra, (48) Ardrakumăra, (49) Dṛdhapraharin, (50) Śreyāmsa, (51) Kūragaḍu, (52) Śayyambhava and (53) Meghakumāra.
Out of these 53 male saints, those numbered as I, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 14, 26, 27, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 49 and 50 are alluded to in the following gathās of Avasyakaniryukti
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(a) 436, (b) 349, (c) 1248(?), (d) 1183, (e) 869-870, (f) 1284, (g) 736-739, (h) 846, (i) 846, (j) 1150, (k) 872-875, (1) 1283, (m) 775, (n) 1283, (0) 1185, (p) 952 and (q) 327.
Saints numbered as 2 and 18 are referred to in Avasyakabhasya in gathās 32-35 (p. 153b) and 205 (p. 716b) respectively.
Saints numbered as 5, 6, 10, 13, 14, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 32 and 34 are referred to on the following pages of the edition containing Avaśyakasutra, its niryukti and Haribhadra's Suri's commentary:
See No. 889 (description. '), p. 265.
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