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________________ Error! No text of specified style in document. Comingtooursubjectmatter theKalyan Mandir Stotra, thereisnodoubtthatitisascholarlymasterpieceandcontai nsverseswhichhavebeencomposedbyagreatpoet. HowevertheKalyan Mandir StotraisnotasfamousastheBha ktamara Stotra. Thoughbothstotrasareincludedinthegroupofnineauspiciousrecitations, theBhaktamaraistheo ne,whichishighlypopular,andmorepeople haveattemptedtoremembertheBhaktamara Stotraratherthanthekal yan Mandir Stotra.Onecanfindonlyahandfulofpeoplewhocanrememberandrecitethe Kalyan Mandir Stotra, whe reastherearehundredsof JainswhoknowtheBhaktamara Stotrabyheartandreciteitregularly. BoththeBhaktamaraandthe Kalyan Mandirhavebeencomposedinametercalled Vasanttilakathereforebothcanbesungwithequalease. Thereasonsastowhythe Kalyan Mandirisnotsopopularareperh apsasfollows: (1)ThelanguageoftheKalyan MandirismuchmorecomplexthanthatoftheBhaktamara Stotragivingsomedifficult iesinpronunciation. (2)TherearetwomorestotrasofParshvanatha(twentythirdTirthankara)liketheUvasaggaharam StotraandtheNamiunaStotrainthelistofnineauspiciousrecitations. W hereasthereisnootherstotrainpraiseofthefirst TirthankaraRishabhadevaexcepttheBhaktamaraStotra.i.e.one StotraofParshvanathaispopular(theUvasaggaharamStotra)asisone StotraofRishabhadeva(theBhaktamara Stotra). (3)TheBhaktamara Stotrahasattractedmorepeoplebecauseitvividlydescribeshowonecangetridofalltheseven mainfearsinone'slife. Thereareseparateversesforeach. TheKalyan Mandir Stotradoesnotmentionfearinthiswa y. ThereforetheappealoftheBhaktamara Stotra,asfarasalaypersonisconcerned,ismuchmorethanthe KalyanM andirStotra. (4)ThestoryofMantungacharyaandhowhecomposedtheBhaktamara Stotrahasprovedmorepopular. Theseobservationsaremineandsomescholarsmaynotagreewiththesepoints. Howeveronethingiscertain. The Kalyan Mandir Stotra, thoughnotaspopularastheBhaktamara,isanimportantandscholarlypoem,fullofpoeticalc harm. Manycommentatorsandauthorshavetriedtocomparethe Kalyan MandirandtheBhaktamara Stotras. Thereaso nsfortheattemptarequiteclear: (1)TheBhaktamaraandtheKalyan Mandirarecomposedinthesamemeter (2)TheBhaktamaraandtheKalyan Mandirbothmentiondivineattributesofa Tirthankarainasimilarstyle. (3)Thenumbersofversesinboththe Stotrasarealmostsimilar(theKalyan MandirhasfortyfourversesandtheBhaktamarahasforty-fouraspertheShvetambaratraditionandfortyeightasperthe Digambaratradition) (4)Thenarration hasmanysimilarities. Initiallythepoetsveryhumblyacceptthefactthattheyareunabletodescribet hedivineattributesofthe Tirthankaras.Manyothersimilaritiesareexploredherelater. Thesearesomeofthereasonswhyscholarstendtothinkthatthe Kalyan MandirhasbeencomposedtoimitatetheB haktamara Stotra. Prof. Hermann Jacobistronglyopinesthatthe Kalyan MandiristheimitationoftheBhaktamara Stotra'. Thisstatem entraisesmanyquestions.IfwearetoaccepttheaccountsofPattavalithentheKalyan Mandir'sauthor, Siddhasena Diwakar,existedduringthe FirstCenturyBCEwhereastheBhaktamara'sauthor, Mantungacharya,existedsome sevenoreighthundredyearsafterSiddhasena. Thereforethe Kalyan Mandircouldnothavebeencomposedinimit नूनंस्तंगतेवादीसिद्धसेनोदिवाकरः SfurantiVdikhdhyotahsampratedakshinapathe, noonamastamgatevadisiddhaseno Diwakarah - PrabhavakCharitra. 'Forewordwrittenin HiralalKapadia'sbook Bhaktamara, Kalyan Mandir.Published1928 Page 3 of 23
| SR No. | 300570 |
| Book Title | 59 Kalyan Mandir Stotra |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Purvacharya |
| Publisher | ZZZ Unknown |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 1 |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Classification | Audio_File, Ritual_text, & Sutra_Svetambar |
| File Size | 27 MB |