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आयंताक्षर संलक्ष्यमक्षरं व्याप्य यत् स्थितं । अग्निज्वालासमं नादं विंदुरेषासमन्वितं ॥ १ ॥
Ends. fol. 7b
Reference.
Jaina Literature and Philosophy
अग्निज्वालासमाक्रांतं मनोमलविशोधनं । देदीप्यमानं हृत्पद्मे तत् पदं नौमि निर्मलं ॥ २ ॥ etc.
द(दृ)ष्टै(ट्टे) सत्यर्हतो बिंबं (बे) भवेत् सप्तम के ध्रुवं । पदं प्राप्नोति विश्रस्तं परमानंदसंपदां ॥ ८० ॥
इति श्रीगौतमसामीविरचिते श्री ऋषिमंडलस्तोत्रं संपूर्ण ||
Published by several persons. For instance, it occurs in several editions such as नित्यस्मरणजैनस्तोत्रादिसंग्रह published by “ सस्तीवांचनमाला”, पञ्चप्रतिक्रमणसूत्र ( लोहावर ), and " प्राचीन जैनस्तोत्र संग्रह " got published by साध्त्री हीरश्री. In one of the editions there are verses. The ending portion
therein is given as under :
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इंदं 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 ॥ "
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 Vidyanusasana of Mallişeņa Sūri, author of Bhairava - Padmavati- kalpa.
This Ṛsimandalastotra 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 Gujarātī translation forms the first appendix of " महाप्रभाविक published by Sarabhai Manila! Nawab. The yantra pertaining to this hymn together with a photo of the citra-pata (on cloth) of the yantramnaya got prepared by Harşaratna Gani in Vikrama Samvat 1507, is given here.
