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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF
bhaṭṭīyam (fol. 183a), Śrāddhavidhiḥ (fol. 99a), Advaitamakarandaḥ (fol. 118a), Gayatrivyākhyā (fol. 1206), Viṣṇusahasranama (fol. 1276), Darsapurṇamāsaḥ (fol. 138a), Yājamānam (fol. 168a), Apastambaparibhäṣävyäkyä (fol. 170a), Simhanuvākavyäkhyānam (fol. 195a), Simhanuvākaḥ (fol. 197a),
Parasarasmṛtiḥ (fol. 202a), Gaṇahōmaḥ (fol. 207a), Hanumanmālāmantraḥ (fol. 2126).
A commentary ascribed to Vidyadhara, Vidyatīrtha Maheśvara and Vidyaranyasvamin and printed by Hall, was reprinted by Max Müller in the Preface to the Rg Veda, Vol. IV. Verses 11 and 12 of the Śrīsukta refer to Ciklita and Kardama respectively, who, according to the commentary, are the sons of the Goddess of Fortune; and a verse which is added at the end of the Srisukta printed in the Preface to the Rg Veda, Vol. III, by Max Müller mentions Ananda, a third son of the Goddess.
आनन्दः कर्दमः श्रीदः चिक्लीत इति विश्रुताः । ऋणरोगादिदारिद्रयपापक्षुदपमृत्यवः । रोगशोकमनस्तापा नश्यन्तु मम सर्वदा ||
The first line occurs in the MS. No. 22 noticed above, with a slight difference and a new line; and they run as follow:
आनन्दः कर्दमश्चैव चिक्लीत इति विश्रुताः ।
ऋषयस्ते त्रयः पुत्राः स्वयं श्रीरेव देवता ||
From this stanza we learn directly that Ananda, Kardama and Ciklīta were three sons of the Goddess Laksmi. They are also said to be the Rsis to the mantra of the Śrisūkta (p. 41).
It is very curious that Hindu mythology which has been very prolific in every direction has not developed these facts into a long story and has allowed the three names of the sons of Lakṣmi to remain in oblivion.
The book under notice is a commentary on the Śrīsūkta and seems to have been written by Madhavacārya from the fact (1) that
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