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Jaina Literature and Philosophy [116.. Subject. -- A Prakrit work consisting of 42 verses instead of the
usual 39 or 40 verses, the real number being 37 according to Jinaprabha Süri. See No. 1172. This is a small hymn in praise of Lord Ajitanātha and Lord Säntinātha, the 2nd and the 16th Tirthamkaras of the Jainas.' This beautiful poem is composed in verses in different metres which are as under:
___v. 34, अपरान्तिका ; v. 5, आलिंगणय (आलिङ्गनक); v. 19, किसलयमाला ; v. IS, कुसुमलया (कुसुमलता); v. 24-25 खित्तय (क्षिप्तक); v. I7, खिजिअय (खिद्यतक); v. 1-2, 35-40, गाहा (गाथा); v. 27, चित्तकखरा (चित्राक्षरा); v. 13, चित्तलेहा (चित्रलेखा); v. 26, दीवय (दीपक); v. 29, नंदिअय (नन्दितक); v. 14, 28, 31 नारायअ (नाराचक); v. 30, भासुरय ( भासुरक); v. 16, भुयंगपरिरंगिय (भुजङ्गपरिरङ्गित); v. 4, 6 मागहिया (मागधिका); v. 23, रयणमाला (रत्नमाला); v. 12, रासानन्दिय (रासा; नन्दित); v. I0, रासालुद्धअ (रासालुब्धक); v. 18, 32 ललियय (ललितक); v. 33, वाणवासिया (वानवासिका); v. 21, विज्जुविलसिय ( विद्युद्विलसित); v. 9, II, 22 वेडूअ (वेष्टक ) ; v. 3, सिलोग (श्लोक); v. 7, संगयय (सङ्गतक); v 20, सुमुह ( सुमुख ); and v.
8, सोधाणय (सोपानक). Begins.-- fol. 186
अजिय जियसव्वभयं । संतिं च पसंतसधगयपावं ।
जयगुरु संतिगुणकरे । दो वि जिणवरे पणिवयामि ।। गाहा ।। १॥ Ends.--- fol. 20
जो पढइ जो य निसुणइ उभओ कालं पि अजियसंतिथु(? थ)यं । न वि डंति तस्स रोगा पुव(खु)प्पन्ना विणासंति ॥३९॥
1 These two very Tirthamkaras are also glorified by Jinavallablia Súri ( died in 1110 A. D.) in the Ullasikkamathaya also called Ajita-Santilaghustavana, by Vira Gani in the Ajiya-Santi-thaya in Prakrit and by Jayasekliara in the Ajitaśānti-stava in Sanskrit. The late Prof. Winternitz in his work entitled “A History of Indian Literature" (vol. II, p. 554) observes:
“As late as in the 16th century śānticandra Ganin imitated Nandişeņa in his Rşabha-Stava, perhaps also in his Ajita-Santi-Stava".
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