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Ancient Jaina Hymns
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Being thus obviously an autograph from the poet's hand, the manuscript is reliable. Its spelling too is correct throughout. Yet its perfection is badly marred by external damage, one corner being torn off and part of the text thus lost. The improbability of further manuscripts of this hymn being in existence, may justify the present edition of the hymn in its defective condition.
3. The Varakāņa-Pārsvanātha-Stavana
The author of this hymn is Ācārya Hemavimala Sūri, a wellknown ecclesiastic diginitary, for whose life the following sources are available :
1. 'Vīra-vaṁsāvali' in Gujarati, a work which seems to be full of detailed information, but was accessible only in abstract;82
2. ‘Laghu-pośālika-pattāvali', likewise available only in abstract;83
3. 'Hemavimala-phāga' by Muni Hassadhīra, pupil of Dānavardhana, V.S. 1554, edited by Muni Jinavijaya;#4
4. 'Hemavimalasüri-sajjhāya', anonymous, obviously composed during the Ācārya's life-time;85
5. 'Hemavimalasūri-sajjhāi' by Sundarahaṁsa, which was not available to me;86
6. 'Gacchanāyaka-pattāvali-sajjhāi', composed by Somavimala in V.S. 1602, which Muni Jinavijaya quotes; 87
7. ‘Tapā-gaccha-pattāvali-sūtra', composed by Upādhyāya Dharmasāgara in V.S. 1646 in Prākrta and Saṁskrta;88
8. ‘Mahāvīra-patta-paramparā', composed by Devavimala Gaội between V.S. 1639 and 1656, in Saṁskṛta;89
9. 'Sūri-paramparā', composed by Vinaya-vijaya in V.S. 1708, in Saṁskrta;90
10. 'Pattāvali-sāroddhāra', composed by Ravi-vardhana in V.S. 1739, in Saṁskṛta;°1
11. 'Guru-pattāvali', anonymous.92 In some points, these sources deviate from one another.
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