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APPENDIX SELECTED PRATIKRAMAŅA - SŪTRAS'
Namaskāra-sūtra :Navakāra - Mantra
Namo arihamtāņam / Namo siddhānam / Namo āyariyānam / Namo uvajjhāyānam / Namo loe savva-sāhūņam / Eso pasca-namukkāro Savva-pāva-ppaņāsaņo Mamgalānaṁ cu savvesi Padhamam havai maṁgalam //
Transalation :
Salutation to Arhats ( = those who having destroyed attachment and aversion still live among the people, establish monastic order and the Jaina Path of liberation for their benefit). Salutation to Siddhas ( =liberated souls). Salutation to Ācāryas ( = heads of mendicant groups). Salutation to Upādhyāyas (=spiritual preceptors). Salutation to all the monks in the world. These five salutations destroy all sins, and are the most auspicious amongst all the auspicious things.
Iriyāvahí - sūtra.
Icchākāreņa samdisaha Bhagavan ! Iriyāvahiyam padikkamāmi/Iccham/ Icchāmi padikkamium/ Iriyāvahiyae, virāhaņāe, gamaņāgamaņe, 1. English rendering by Nagin J. Shah
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