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the earth, r'imana the liberated souls, the Jaina doctrine, a sea with a heap of jewels and the like.
I shall here mention the page-numbers of such works so far as this Part I is concerned? They are:
35 (the Sun, the Moon, a sea and Meru ), 178( the earth in a lotus ), 268 ( Meru, the earth, the Sun and the Moon ), 280 (Himalaya ), 3:8 ( Meru, the pole star, stars, the Sun & the Moon ), 328 ( Meru ), 331 ( Meru ), 337 ( the Sun & the Moon ), 353 ( Meru, a sea having a heap of jewels ), 360 ( Meru, a celestial vimāna, the liberated sculs & the Jaina doctrine ), 424 ( the Sun, the Moon etc.), 428 ( Meru, the Moon & the Sun ), 431 ( Meru, the earth, the Moon & ihe Sun and 434 ( the Moon, the Sun & Stars!
On p. 204 it is said that the regime of Jina ( Tirthankara ) may remain victorious till Meru shines. On p. 218 a similar desire is expressed for Jainism and on p. 390 for the Jaina church.
Amongst the non-Jaina authors Śivāditya ( c. 950 A. D. ) has concluded his Saptapada: thi as under:--
"BATETIT TITTIET ACA TUTI: 1
तावत सप्तपदार्थीयमस्तु वस्तुप्रकाशिनी ॥" Assurance of fructification - This is designated as phalaśruti'in Gujarāti. Some of the Jaina authors while concluding their work have asserted that one would get a particular benefit by reading, reciting, studying or hearing his work. For details the following pages of this Part I may be consulted :
9 (
h ic & # ), IS (HE), 21 ( e ), 57 ( 1), S8 (HTTAISI ), 83 (IA), !05 (gifo', 217 ( #ta ), 222 ( Fnaragiati, #S&TRICE ), 228 (FFA), 237 ( FACEIT, 57 & FT ), 267 (ap) 273 (ANJALI ). 299 ( JUTATA ), 303 ( Ångarg), 305 (ANJATI
1 At timos such a desire is expressed by scribes for the Mss, written by
them. Vide pp. 229, 283, 284 and 428. 2 For quotations etc. the reader may refer to my article - Treat Atagit
TOT” published in " Jaina Dharma Prakāga" (Vol. 81, No.5).
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