________________ 139 Notes : in front of the idol, consists in making a Ffears is in front of the idol by means of rice, with unbroken ends, placing upon it fruits etc. also placing before the idol, naivedya, and in sounding in front of the idol various musical instruments such as bell's, drum, cymbals etc. Waving of incense, holding a lamp, a mirror etc. are also included in this. This worship has got the power of leading us to prosperity, even upto the twelfth devaloka.. Bhava Paeja or "the mental worship consists in sitting before the Tirthankara in a particular posture and extolling the Tirthankara by means of hymns and songs (Falas, as they ere called) containing the eulogies and panegyrics of the virtues of the Tirthankara, with a pure mental condition in order that those virtues may enter our own souls and make us pure and virtuous like the Tir thankaras themselves. The object of this worship is beautifully expressed by the well-known Jaina Muni Padmavijayaji in one of his Gaj. hymns where he says: " ford SHH og alalai, 2412 Color ziyol" while singing the songs of the excellent virtues of the Jina, the virtues themselves enter our own bodies (i.e. souls) ... Thus Bhava worship, in short, aims at making our souls one with the Tirthankara and leading
