Jaina Gazette 1928

SR No.: 034890
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ajitprasad, C S Mallinath
Publisher: Jaina Gazettee Office
Publication Year: 1928
Total Pages: 502
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 33 MB

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THE JAINA GAZETTE
touch; the sarvasadhi cures by the contact of the air that has touched the saint's body: when poison loses its destructive properties in the saint's mouth, or when his word is eflective in removing the trouble of another due to poison, that is the asibisa; when poison is deprived of its effect by the mere sight of the saint, it is the case of the dristibisa; and the khilausadhi, the bitosadhi, the jalosadhi and the malosudhi signify respectively cure by the wind that has passed over the phlegm, the excrement, the sweat and the stuff from the ear, the nose or the teeth).
May those great saints help us, who are endowed with the Kshirasravi, the ghrilasravi, the madhvasravi, the amritasravi, the aksinasamvasa, and the aksinamahanasa riddhis!
(Note. The kshirasravi, the ghrilasravi, the madhuasravi and the amritasravi riddhis bear reference respectively to milk, ghee (clarified butter), honey and ambrosia. They signify power, which is able to impart their respective properties to the plainest food placed in the hand of the saint. The akshinasamasa signifies extraordinary amplification of a place to accomodate even large armies-and the last named i.e., the akshinamahanasa denotes the increase of food with which whole crowds may be fed). The Worship of God, the Scripture and
the Preceptor! Victory to the Great Conqueror, who is the well-wisher of all living beings, who is the all-knowing Lord, who removes the pain and affliction of all that breathe, whose goodness is known all over the universe, who has destroyed the enemy of Karma who is wedded to the Goddess of Immortality, whose neck is encircled by the sovereign Lady Nirvan, and whose feet are worshipped by the lords of celestials of beautiful necks !
O Goddess Saraswati! O worshipful Lady! like a bee that loves flowers, I approach Thy lotus Feet! O thou that arose from the mouth of Lord Jinendra ! respectfully do I pray Thee :
be pleased with me and abide in my mind eternally and endowShree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat