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Arbat Pārsva with Dharanendra in Hymnic Literature
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A composition in the Dandaka form addressed to Pārsvanātha by an unknown author, possibly of the 13th century, refers to the Arhat with Dharanendra in the first stanza and describes Dharanendra in its last or the fourth stanza:34
विपुलविमलकलसकलकमलदलनयनयुगलवरममितकलं, रुचिर-रुचिर-करकमनतुहिनकर-सुरगज-समगुण-गणममलम् । फणिफण-पृथुमणि-गुरुतर-शुचि-रुचि-मतिशय-विलसन-महिमधरं, विकसित सरसिजवदन-विजितविधुमभिमतमभिनुत जिनपगुरुम् ॥ १॥ सुरवरपरदृढसुदृढगगनचरशुमकर-परिकर-परिकलिता, सुघटित-जटित मुकुट मणिकरभर-निरुपमलवणिम-गरिमयुता । अगणितमदशठकमठकमठहठघनघनरिपुजनकदनपरा, जयति जगति जय-सुविनयनययुतसधरधरणिधर युवतिवरा ॥ ४॥
- श्री पार्श्वनाथदण्डकमयस्तुति
In the late medieval period also, the learned pontiffs and friars of the Kharataragaccha, the Añcala-gaccha, and of the Tapā-gaccha had produced considerable hymnic literature. The 14th century, with which begins the late medieval epoch, introduces several hymns which contain brief but memorable portrayals of Dharana and Jina Pārsva. The references from this time onward often pertain to the images of Pārsva of the haloed tirtha-sanctuaries, some of these celebrated for their miraculous powers. Among the famous composers of this period, the seniormost was Jinaprabha Sūri of Kharatara-gaccha (active c. A.D. 1290-1245), celebrated both as an āgamic scholar but also as an historian of Jaina tirthas and a most prolific producer of hymns, some of which are indeed of high quality, such as a verse from his Parsvanātha-stava symptomatically illustrates:35
संसाराम्भोधिवेला निविडजडमतिध्वान्तविध्वंसहंसः श्यामाश्यामाङ्गधाना (?) शठकमठतपोधर्मनिर्माथपाथः । स्फारस्फूर्जत्फणीन्द्रः प्रगुणफणमणिज्योतिरुद्दयोतिताशाचक्रश्चकिध्वज त्वं जय जिन विजितद्रव्यभावारिवार ॥२॥
- श्री पार्श्वनाथस्तव
Also in his Yamakamaya Pārsva-Jina-stavana he refers to that episode:36
फुल्लत्फणिफणारत्नरुचिराजितविग्रहे । त्वयि प्रीतिः स्फुरतु मे रुचिरा जितविग्रहे ॥ ८॥
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