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ओक्टोबर २०१६
जिनस्तुति 'सूत्रकृताङ्ग' ('सूयगड') आगम में मिलती है । इस जगह (१.६) जिन की महन्ता और शुद्धता दिखाई गयी है । शारीरिक वर्णन बिल्कुल नहीं है।
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'This wise and clever great sage possessed infinite knowledge and infinite faith. Learn and think about the Law and the piety of the glorious man who lived before our eyes! This wise man had explored all beings, whether they move or not, on high, below, and on earth, as well as the eternal and transient things. Like a lamp he put the Law in a true light. He sees everything; his knowledge has got beyond (the four lower stages); he has no impurity; he is virtuous, of a fixed mind, the highest, the wisest in the whole world; he has broken from all ties; he is above danger and the necessity to continue life. Omniscient, wandering about without a home, crossing the flood (of the Samsara), wise, and of an unlimited perception, without an equal, he shines forth like the sun, and he illumines the darkness like a brilliant fire (....) His knowledge is inexhaustible like the (water of) the sea; he has no limits and is pure like the great ocean; he is free from passion, unfettered, and brilliant like śakra, the lord of the gods. By his vigour, he is the most vigorous; as meru, the best of all mountains, or as heaven, a very mine of delight, he shines forth endowed with many virtues' (H. Jacobi अनुवाद, Sacred Books of the East भाग ४५ पृ० २८७-२८८).
ऐसे गुणों की प्रशंसा 'शक्रस्तव' में भी मिलती है (Dhaky १९८९ पृ० १०१) । पर प्राचीन और अर्वाचीन स्तोत्रों की स्थिति भिन्न है । जब जिन की प्रशंसा की जाती है तो स्तोत्रकार एक काल्पनिक वस्तु की प्रशंसा करते हैं और प्रतिमा में वे सम्पूर्णता का एक प्रतिबिम्ब भी देखते हैं । चाहे साधारण स्तोत्र हों या दार्शनिक, प्रथा की ओर तो वे जिन के शरीर, उनके
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