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ANTIQUITY OF JAIN MANTRAS THANANGA
REFERENCES TO VIDYAS AND MANTRAS FROM SCRIPTURES
Jain scriptures while giving rules as to how a Sadhu should obtain his food by begging state that he should not in obtaining food commit any of the sixteen faults including employment of Vidya, Mantra, Cūrṇa or magical powder and Yoga-a mixture of drugs or Mula i. e., roots or herbs meant for a charm:
धाई दूइ निमित्ते आजीव वणीमगे तिगिच्छा य । कोहे माणे माया लोभे य हवंति दस एए ॥
पुवि पच्छा संथव विज्जा मंते य चुन्न जोगे य ।
उप्पायणाइ दोसा सोलसमे मूल कम्मे य ॥ पिण्डनिर्युक्ति, ४०८,४०९ ACARANGA AND UTTARADHYAYANA
Besides Pindaniryukti, commentary on Acaranga II, 1 Sūtra
273 and commentary on Thaṇanga III, 4 Sūtra 196 also describe the said sixteen faults. Similarly Uttaradhyayana XV, vv. 7 & 8 say that he is a Sadhu who does not maintain himself by employment of Vidya, Mantra and medicine and gives them up. Uttaradhyayana XXIV vv. 21-25 while describing eight essentials for observance of Sadhus called 'Pravacanamātṛs' and particularly the three 'Guptis' say that a Sadhu should carefully control himself from a resolve involving injury to others and execution thereof through concentration or recital of Mantras. Similarly Uttaradhyayana XVIII, 31 says that a Sadhu should turn back from divination through questioning deities etc. and from employment of Mantras for fulfilling desires of others.
There is a reference to Omkara in Uttaradhyayana XXV, 29. Uttaradhyayana-Niryukti v.88 refers to Angavidya and v.118 to Prāsādapatana Vidya i. e. Vidya which brings down a palace. Commentary on Uttaradhyayana VI, p. 263 describes Kāmaghața i. e. a wish-granting pot obtained through Vidyā.
THANANGA
Thaṇānga V, 2, Sūtra 440 mentions Ṛddhi-Labdhi i. e. miraculous powers acquired by development of the soul, and the commentary thereon describes some of the principal ones. Thānanga V, 3, Sūtra 449 men
