59 Kalyan Mandir Stotra

SR No.: 300570
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Purvacharya
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Total Pages: 1
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Audio_File, Ritual_text, & Sutra_Svetambar
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Error! No text of specified style in document. 2/8.0 कल्याणमंदिर स्तोत्र Kalyan Mandir Stotra 2/8.2Introduction TheeighthsmaranainthelistofNavsmaranasistheKalyan Mandir Stotra.Likemostofthestotrasthisoneisnamedaskalyan Mandirbecauseitbegins withtwowordsKalyanand Mandir. Thestotraisbelievedtohavebeencomposedby SiddhasenaDiwakarwhowasa IsoknownbythenameofKumudchandra.ThewordKumudchandraappearsinthelastverseofthestotra. Thepracti ceofmentioningthepoet'sownnameisnotuncommonin SanskritandPrakritliterature. Thepoet'slifehistoryisquitesketchyandwecanonlygobywhatthe ShvetambaraPattavalitellsus. Therewasamonkcalled SkandilSooriwholivedduringthefirstcentury BCE.Hehadadisciplebythenameof VridhavadiSoori. Vridhhavadipossessedanextraordinarymemoryandwasverybrilliant.,thisisperhapsthereasonthathewa scalled Vridhavadi(elderandrespectedscholar). VridhhavadioncecametothetownofUjjaini(nowinthestateofMadhya Pradesh), whichwasruledbyking Vikram.T hereoncehemetaBrahminscholarandhissonforreligiousdiscussionsandtheinterpretationofvariousaspects.T heBrahmin Panditandhissonwereverymuchimpressedby VridhavadiSoori. Notonlythat, thesonwhosenamewa sSiddhasenabecameаdiscipleofVridhhavädiSoori.HewasgivenanameKumudchandra. This Siddhasenaalias KumudchandraistheauthoroftheKalyan Mandir Stotra. SiddhasenaoncewenttothetownofChitorinthestateofRajasthanwhere, accordingthelegend', hesawahugepill arthatlookedslightlyweakatoneparticularplace. Siddhasenaaskedhismentodrillwheretheweakpointwasandth erehefoundsomebookshiddeninsidethepillar.Siddhasenagotonebookoutandstartedreadingonepageatrand om.Butbysomemiraculoushappening, acertaingodappearedinfrontofhim. Thegodtookthebookawayfrom Sidd hasenaandputitbackintothepillarandtheholewasmiraculouslypluggedwithinafewseconds. Siddhasena, however, rememberedsomeoftheparagraphshehadreadfromthebook. Whathehadreadandreme mberedweretwoimportantvidyasor(scienceofcreatingmiracles). Thefirstvidyataughthim howtomaterialisegol dfromnothingandthesecondvidyataughthimhowtocreateanarmyofwarriorsoutofgrainsofmustardseeds. resultthathesaidthatacharya Siddhasena'sgloryshineslikethatofthebrightnessofthesun. Thereforefromthatda yonSiddhasenawasnamedSiddhasenaDiwakar(Diwakarmeaningsun). Thelegendgoesontonarrateonemoreexample.Acharya SiddhasenaDiwakarwenttoUjjainiandtherehehadvisit eda HindutempleofLord Shiva. TheAcharyastartedcomposingtheKalyan MandirStotrainpraiseofParshvanath a,thetwentythird Tirthankaraofthe Jains. Whenthe AcharyacomposedverseNo13,theidolof Lord Shivabrokeopenandtheim ageofParshvanathaappearedfromthetopofthelinga/idol. TheAcharyawentoncomposingmoreversesandthere sultisthisbeautifulsmaranacontainingforty-fourverses Accordingtothe Jain SahityanoSankshiptaltihasa", SiddhasenaDiwakarwasperhaps, oneofthenineprominent personalitiesatthecourtofKing Vikram(King Vikramhadninejewelsmeaningninegreatmenwhoweremastersintheirfields). Whateverthecase, Siddhasena Diwakarisfamou sforhisbooksonlogic. Hisworksareheldingreatesteemandonlythereaderspursuing Jainstudiesatadvancelevel ophyofstandpoints(nayavada)inminutedetail. Hehasalsocomposedmanydwatrinshikas(booksorpoemsconta iningthirtytwoverseseach). Both ShvetambaraandDigambarasectsmention SiddhasenaDiwakar'snamewithutmostrespect. Many Digam barascholarshavewrittendetailedcommentariesonthe SanmatiTarka,mentionedabove. 'ShvetambaraPattavaliPage59 ?Para153, author MDDesai, 1933 Page 1 of 23