Book Title: Comparative and Critical Study of Mantrashastra
Author(s): Mohanlal Bhagwandas Jhaveri, K V Abhayankar
Publisher: Sarabhai Manilal Nawab
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JAIN MANTRAVADA AND CAITYAVAŞIS : SRI VAJRASWAMI
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Mantras. * As such Achārya he was expected to summarise or cull. out important matters from the Pūrva in which he was the last man versed. Naturally, therefore, to Vajraswāmi are ascribed such works in the nature of summaries from the Pūrva literature styled Prabhstas. He was such a great Mantrasiddha that his name like that of Srī Gautamaswāmi is invoked for obtaining food and other necessaries of life.
We have described above (pp. 152 ff. supra) Sārūpikas and Siddhaputras. It would appe to the rise of Caityavāsis and were probably concerned with the preservation and carrying on of the Mantric and Naimittika tradition of the ancient Pārsvāpatyas and Naimittikas. They also appear to have existed side by side with Caityavāsis as appears from Sri Haribhadrasūri's Sambodha Prakarana. All the same they influenced Caityavāsi practices both being practitioners of Mantra, Vidyā and Nimitta. The real difference between Caityavāsis on the one hand and Sårūpikas and Siddhaputras on the other is that the former inspite of some of their lax practices were Sadhus while the latter were not. As Sadhus, Caityavāsis had their predecessors in the five kinds of lax Sadhus (of whom Kusīlas practised Vidyās, Mantras and
* Yativịşabha the author of Tiloyapannatti, a work well-known amongst the Digambara Jains, refers to 'Vairajasa' as the last of Pahnasamaņas (v.70); and Prof. Hiralal Jain of Amraoati the learned author of the Introduction to and one of the Editors of Şatkhandagama considers that this reference may be to Arya Vaira mentioned in Svetāmbara works as the latter mention him as possessed of Padānusäri Labdhi a miraculous power connected with intellect, which quality is also included in the term Pahnasamaņa see Avaśyaka-Niryukti V. 767 "TEA BOOT 770 FagffH OPTIERI
Qart 1 AfEAT, 21 af wat 11" $ The Mantra is: H aastataifa walů fafchart FR isra alamiaf Farg' + Hemacandrācārya describes Nārada as a Siddhaputra who would break up a sacrifice if the idol of Sri Jina were not kept underneath the sacrificial post. See Parišiştha Parva, biography of Sri Prabhavasūri.
