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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) Dhandhanakumāra, (5) Śrīyaka, (6) Arņikaputra, (7) Atimukta, (8) Nagadatta, (9) Metarya, (10) Sthulabhadra, ( 11 ) Vajraṛṣi, (12) Nandişeņa, (13) Simhagiri, (14) Krtapunyaka, (15) Sukośala, (16) Pundarika, (17) Keśin, (18) Karakaṇḍu, (19) Halla, (20) Vihalla, (21) Sudarsana śreṣthin, (22) Śala, (23) Mahaśāla, (24) Šalibhadra, (25) Bhadrabahusvāmin, (26) Daśārṇabhadra, (27) Prasannacandra, (28) Yaśobhadra Sūri, (29) Jambūsvāmin, (30) Vaņkacula, (31) Gajasukumala, (32) Avantisukumāla, (33) Dhanyakumāra, (34) Iläciputra, (35) Cilätiputra, (36) Yugabahu muni, (37) Aryamahagiri, (38) Aryarakṣita, (39) Aryasuhastin, (40) Udayana, (41) Manaka, (42) Kālika Süri, (43) Šamba, (44) Pradyumna, (45) Múladeva, (46) Prabhavasvāmin, (47) Vişņukumāra, (48) Ardrakumara, (49) Drdhapraharin, (50) Śreyamsa, (51) Küragadu, (52) Sayyam. bhava 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 gathas of Avasyakaniryukti :
(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, (o) 1185, (p) 952 and (q) 327.
Saints numbered as 2 and 18 are referred to in Avasyakabhasya in gathas 32-35 (p. 153) 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::
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