Agam 33 Prakirnak 10 Viratthao Sutra

Author(s): D S Baya
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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PREFACE : XLI
and therein the Lord has been addressed as Śramana (Equanimous monk), Bhagavān (Lord), Mahāvīra (Highly valiant), Ādikara (Propounder of the faith), Tīrtharikara (Prophet Establisher of the four-fold religious order), Svayamisambuddha (Self-enlightened), Jina (Conqueror), Tāraka (Liberator), Buddha (Enlightened), Sarvajña (omniscient), Sarvadarśí (Omnivisioned), Śiva (Auspicious), Arhat (venerable), Kevalī (of purest knowledge), etc.
With the passage of time these attributal names were collected not only from our own tradition but also those attributed to their deities from the other traditions and the compositions such as Jinaśatanāma, Jinasahasranāma, etc were composed. We can see the same trend in the composition Bhakāmara-stotra, written in the praise of the first Prophet Propounder of the faith, Lord Rsabhadeva, and He was addresses as Śiva (Auspicious), Vidhāta (Arbitrator of destiny), Śarikara (Dispeller of the evil), Purusottama (the supreme persona), etc. Similarity Of Names In The Vedic And The Buddhist Traditions -
In the Vedic tradition, Lord Visnu has also been addressed as Purusottama.52 In the Vedic tradition the adjective Purusapundarīka is also employed for Visnu. In Mahābhārata, too, Visnu has been given the epithets such as Purusavara, Purusapundarīka and Lokanātha.
In the Buddhist tradition the only work besides the Arguttaranikāya that employs the epithets similar to those
52 Mahāvīra Caritta Mīmāmsā, Pt. Dalsukhbhāi Malavaniya, p. 22.
A. Ibid, p. 23. B. Compare - “So Bhagavayā araham ... Purisadammasārathĩ sattha devamanussāna Buddhao Bhagavān”
- Anguttaranikāya, 3/285.