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51. Hohet atef dogo - SAKALA TIRTHA VANDANÄ
It should be remembered that in each Jina Temple with an assembly hall, there are 180 images of Jina. the ones without an assembly hall each have 120 images; that makes 152 million 94 hundred thousand and 40 thousand images (1,529,444,760) I bow to all of them.
...........6. In the abyss (deep part) of the middle world, where there are residence for Bhavanapatis (palace dwelling celestial beings), there are 7 million 72 thousand huge temples (77,200,000) .... 7. In each temple, there are 180 images of Jinas. The total comes to 1389 million and 60 thousand images (13,896,000,000).......... 8.
In the middle world there are 3259 Jain temples, with 3 hundred thousand 91 thousand 3 hundred and 20 (391,320) images in them .......
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In the regions of forest dwelling gods (vyantardeva) and luminous gods (jyotishika deva), there are innumerable temples. I pay my homage to all the images of Jinas in permanently located temples whose names are Rushabh, Chandränana, Värishena and Vardhmana.......
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I pay homage and praise all the 20 images on Sametashikhara, 24 images on Ashtapad Mountain, and all the images on Shatrunjaya (Vimalächala), Girnära and Abu...........
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I pay homage to Lord Pärshvanätha at Shankheshwara, Lord Ajitnätha at Kesariyaji and Täranga, Antriksha and Varkänä Pärshvanatha, Jirävala and Stambhana Pärshvanatha........... 12. I pay homage to all the images in temples of villages, towns, cities and capital cities of all the provinces of Bhärata; and every day ! respect the 20 existing Tirthankaras of Mahävideha continent and infinite number of perfected souls (Siddhas) who are liberated.(siddhapada) .........
.......... 13. | pay homage every morning to all the sages of two and a half islands (adhidwipa), who strictly observe themselves and help others to observe the eighteen thousands restraints, 5 major vows, the path of fivefold vigilance (samiti) and 5 categories of ethical behavior (ächära), who have practiced 6 external and 6 internal austerities and who are full of pious attributes like a string of precious stones. "Thus”, says Jiv Vijay Maharaj, the composer of this sutra "I will cross the ocean of the mundane existence"..... 14.
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