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________________ Error! No text of specified style in document. 2/4.0 तोत्राijaypahutta Stotra Introduction ThissmaranaiscomposedbyamonkbythenameofMandeva-Soori. Howeveraccordingtothe Jain Sahityano Itihasa'therewerewomonkswiththesamename. Theywere: (1) Mandeva-SoorioftheNivruttigacchawholivedduringthe 10thcentury. (2)Mandeva-SoorioftheBrahidgacchawholivedduringthe 11th Century. AccordingtoShvetambaraPattavali?,therewerethreeMandeva-Soori. ThefirstMandevaSooriexistedinthesecondcenturyAD.Theauthorofthe Tijayapahutta StotraisbelievedtobethisMandevaSoori.Hewasbornina Jainmerchant'shouseholdinatowncalledNadol. OnceamonkbythenameofPradyotanSooricametotown. Young MandevawenttohearthediscourseofPradyotanSooriandimmediatelyfeltthatheshouldrenounceeverythingandbecomeamonk.Afterafewyearshedidbecome amonkandstartedlearningscripturesanddoingpenance.Ashewasveryknowledgeable, hisgurumadehimachar ya.AtthetimeoftheceremonyhisgurusawthatthereweretwogoddessessittingontheshouldersofMandeva, Laks hmiononeshoulderandSaraswationtheother. Theguruwassomewhatdisturbedtoseethisbutthecleverdisciple MandevarealisedhisGuru'sfeelingsand,thereandthen, decidedtoperformstrictpenance.Inaddition, itsohappe nedthatfourgoddessesJaya, Vijaya, AparajitaandPadmawerealwayspresentwhereverMandevaSooriusedtostay. Thesegoddesseshavebeennamedinthissmarana. Duringthattime, Taxila(nowtheruinsof Taxilacanbeseenin Central Pakistan)wasaoneofthestrongholdsoftheBu ddhistsandJains. Some500Jaintemplesexistedinthatregion. Oncetherewasanoutbreakoftheplaguein Taxila. Allthepeopleofthetownwereindistress. Seeingtheminsuchastate,aShasanDevi(yakshini)cametothemandsaidthatthistownwillbetakenoverbythe 'Turks inthreeyearstime, butifyouwanttosavethepeople,gonowandfetchsomeholywaterafterwashingthefeetofMand eva-SooriwhoisnowinNadol. Thendoashesays, andleavethisplacetosettlesomewhereelse. OnemanbythenameofVeerdattawenttoNadolandmanagedtohaveaspecialstotracomposedtoeradicatethepl ague. Thestotraisknownasthe Shanti-stavaor Laghu-ShantiStotra.(Thisisnotonthelistofoursubject, the Ninesmaranas) Mandeva-Soorihasalsocomposedthe Tijayapahutta, whichweareexploringnow,andisNo.4inourlistofninerecitations. Taxilawasoverrunbythe Turksthreeyearsaftertheaboveevent.Theactualdateortheyearoftheaboveeventisunk nown, butaccordingtoPattavalithismusthavehappenedinthesecondcenturyAD Asperthehistoryofindia, Taxilahadalarge JainandBuddhistpopulation. Taxilaindeedwasoverrunbythe Muslimsintheeighth century.RuinsofaBuddhistuniversityandsomeJainshrinescanbeseenthere. Thisissometh irtymilesfromthecapitalofPakistan, Islamabad. Thissmaranaissomewhatdifferentfromtheremainingeightstotrasanalysedinthisstudy. Thisonepraisesonehun dredandseventy Tirthankaras. AccordingtoJaincosmology, the Tirthankarasarebornincertainareasofthisuniverse. Theseareasareinfactmad eupoftwoandhalf'islands (adhidvipa).Thediagramofadhi dvipaisshown in this book.Inadhi dvipabasicallytherearethreetypesofareasor'planets'. Theyare: The Southarea(Bharatkshetra)hasfivepartsasfollows:Thefirstsouth.thenthesecondsouthwhichisdividedintot wo,andthethirdsouthwhichalsois dividedintotwoparts. ThereforetherearefiveBharatKshetras. Theotherareasinthe NortharecalledtheEravatKshetraandthistooisdividedintofivepartsasabove. 'Jain SahityanoltihasaPage 181,PublishedbyRRZaveri 1933 ?TapagachhaPattavali Page 1 of 6
| SR No. | 300590 |
| Book Title | 55 Tijayapahut Stotra |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Purvacharya |
| Publisher | ZZZ Unknown |
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| Language | Gujarati |
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