Kartikeyanupreksha

SR No.: 090248
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kumar Swami
Publisher: Paramshrut Prabhavak Mandal
Total Pages: 589
Language: Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Religion
File Size: 19 MB

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KARTTIKRY ANUPREKJA
I offer prayers to Vasupujya, Malli, Nemi, Parsva and Mahavira who are the prominent lords of three worlds and who practised penance as Kumāras, i, e., before coronation (491).
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d) A COMPARATIVE STUDY
As noted above, the Barasa-Anuvekkha (B) of Kundakunda, though small in size, is an independent treatise on Anupreksas in Prakrit; and the Malacare (M), VIII, of Vattakera, Bhagavati Aradhana (Bha) of Śivarya, gāthās 1715-1875 and Maranasamahi (Mar), gāthās 569-638, contain substantial exposition of Anupreksas. Further, the Tattvartha-sutra (IX. 7) and some of its commentaries have served as the pattern for the format of discussion of these topics. The Kattigeyanuppekkha (K) is possibly the longest Prakrit text dealing solely with twelve-fold Reflection. Naturally it deserves to be compared and contrasted with kindred works noted above, with regard to its various aspects.
Some of the gäthas in these works have close agreement, either in thought or expression:
K 6-8, 21
K 26-28
K. 30-31
K 56
K 63
K 64-5
K 66
K 68
B 4-5; Bha 1717-19, 1725 B8-9; M 7; Bha 1743
B 11, 13; Bha 1746 Bha 1801
M 27; Bha 1802
M 26; Bha 1799-1800
B 24-29; Bha 1773 f.
Bha 1775; Mar 594
K 78
K 82
K 83
K 89
K 101
K 104
K 305-6
K 393
Bha 1752
B 23
B 43
B 47; Bha 1825 Bha 1829 (?)
B 67
B 69
B 70
It is true that there would be much common thought and expression when authors brought up in the same tradition are dealing with similar subjects. But the above parallels are something more than that. One certainly gets the impression that the Kattigeyanuppekkha is indebted to the Barasa-Anwekkha for some of its ideas and expressions.
Like B, K is addressed to both monks and householders, with greater concern for the latter; while Bha, M and Mac have primarily the ascetio community in view. 1) K lays more stress on the fickle character of Lakṣmi who spreads very great infatuation for laymen, and other points are incidentally touched, 2) Bha stresses that there is no escape from Karmic consequences, while B, M and Mar, along with K, have Death in view from which there is no escape. According to M and Mar, Jina-dharma is the
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