International Journal Of Jaina Studies Vol 01 To 03 2005 To 2007

SR No.: 022773
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Peter Flugel
Publisher: Hindi Granth Karyalay
Publication Year: 2008
Total Pages: 202
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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There he kept covering the venerable (Pärśva) by the darkness of his hoods, and his wife (Padmavatī) was towering high over him in a way that destroyed the heat of (Sambara's / Kamatha's) lightning strikes.
141. ama krürau prakrtvåiva nagau sasmaratuḥ kṛtam;
nôpakāram pare tasmäd vismaranty ärdra-cetasah
Both those Nāgas, ferocious by their very nature, remembered what was done (to them): therefore others (than these) who are not ferocious (lit.: friendly-minded) do not forget the help rendered (to them).
142. tato bhagavato dhyana-mākātmyān moha-samkṣaye
vinasam agamad visvo vikāraḥ Kamatha-dviṣaḥ
When his illusion was destroyed by the power of the Lord's meditation, then the whole hostility of Kamatha's hatred came to an end.
143. dvitiva-sukla-dhyanena munir nirjitya karmanām tritayam Caitra-mäsasya kale pakse dinȧdime10 144. bhage visakha-nakṣatre caturdaśyām mahôdayaḥ samprapat kevala-jñānam lokálokāva-bhāsanam
158 On plates 64 (Badami, cave IV. late 6th century C.E.): 57-9 and 61-3 (Ellora, caves 32-34, ninth century C.E.) in Dhaky 1997, discussed by Sundari on p. 130, respectively by Tiwari on p. 112, Padmavatī stands to the right of Pārsvanatha, but her sunshade rises above Dharana's canopy of hoods protecting both against demons attacking from the air. Cf. note 10 above, vs 166 phani-vadhu-channam below, and the frontispiece of Shah 1987. The word order is curious as phanâtateḥ must belong to Dharana and tat-patnī to sthita. The emendation of the first word alone probably does not restore the original form of this stanza.
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On the perennial enmity of the serpent Dharana and the tortoise Kamatha see Bhattacharya 1974: 84; there, on plate 61, there is a perhaps ninth century pictorial representation of Pasa and Kamatha in Ellora.
Cf. vs 156 and Hemac., Tri° IX 3,298, Caitra-kṛṣṇa-caturthyām ca Viśākhâsthe nisa-kare and Bhd 6, 217 Caitra-kṛṣṇa-caturthy-ahni Viśākhâsthe niśā-kare.
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