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Dr. Charlotte Krause: Her Life & Literature
Śakra, the Indra of the southern part of the first Heaven 'Saudharma'. There, 'Savvāṇa' is mentioned along with a number of other godlings, such as Manibhadra and Pūrṇabhadra, known to belong to the 'Yakṣa' sub-class of the 'Vyantaras', one of the four categories of gods. According to that Sūtra, all those deities were favoured by Vesamana as if they were his own offspring (‘ahävaccābhinnāyā', i.e., 'yathāpatyābhijñātāḥ' ): a relationship which seems in order, the Yaksas being genii of treasure, just as Vesamana is the god of wealth.
This 'Sarvanu' may be indentical with the "Yakṣa Sarvānubhūti' whom Acārya Bālacandra, Hemcandra's notorious rather than famous, disciple, glorifies in the fourth stanza of his sparklingly beautiful stuti 'Snātasya', which forms part of the Pākṣika Pratikramaṇa-sūtra of the Tapa Gaccha. There, the Yakṣa is described as mounted on a ruttish elephant of cloud-clour with curved tusks and tingling bells, as granting the desires of the devotee, and as manifesting himself in any shape at will.
Our 'Mahāvīra-stuti' is preserved in the same manuscript, as the previous one, forming the second text, marked by the legend: " इति महावीरस्तुतिः ।।"
8. The Simandhara-Svāmi-Stavana
This hymn is addressed to the Tirthankara Sīmandhara, one of the twenty 'Viharamāṇa' (vide Introduction), who is believed to be wandering about at present in the portion 'Puskaravara-Vijaya' of Pūrvavideha, the eastern half of the distant world Mahāvideha, preaching the Jaina religion. As the hymn recalls to the reader's mind, he is believed to have been born there in the city of Pundarīkiṇī, during the interval between Kunthu, the 17th, and Ara, the 18th Tirthankaras of the last Caturviṁśatikā of Bharata-kṣetra, i.e., uncountable years ago, to have abandoned his royal rank and possessions and become an ascetic in the interval between Muni Suvrata, the 20th, and Nami, the 21st Jinas, and to have subsequently attained the status of a Kevalin or omniscient saint (st. 16f ). He is
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