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Jinabhadra Gaņi's
[The seventh
gods should also be admitted on account of the phala of the accumulation of highly meritorious
deeds like tapas, dāna eto. (6) The existence of gods is established by their very
name viz-" devah” ( This will be explained in the
following verse.) (7) All the āgamas admit the existence of gods.
॥ 330-331 ( 1878-1879 )॥ The epithet " devāh. '' is then explained as follows:देव त्ति सत्थयमिदं सुद्धत्तणओ घडाभिहाणं व । अह व मई मणुउ च्चिय देवो गुण-रिद्धिसंपण्णो ॥३३२॥(१८८०) तं न जउ तच्चत्थे सिद्धे उवयारओ मया सिद्धी। तच्चत्थसीह सिद्धे माणवसीहोवयारो व ॥ ३३३ ॥ (१८८१) Deva tti satthayanıidam suddhattanao ghadābhihāņam vai Aha va mai manuu cciya devo guna riddhi sampanno 1332॥ (1880) Tam na jau tacca siddhe uyayārao mayā siddhî Taccatthasiha siddhe manavasihovayāro vva ॥ 333 ॥ ( 1881 ) [ देवा इति सार्थकमिदं शुद्धत्वतो घटाभिधानमिव ।
अथवा मतिर्मनुज एव देवो गुण-द्धिसंपन्नः ॥ ३३२ ॥ (१८८०) तद् न यतस्तथ्यार्थे सिद्ध उपचारतो मता सिद्धिः।
तथ्यार्थसिंहे सिद्धे माणवसिंहोपचार इव ॥ ३३३ ।। (१८८१) Deva iti sārthakawidam śuddhatvato ghatabhidhānamiva | Athava matirmanuja eva devogunar-ddhisumpannah ॥ 332॥ (1880) Tad na yatastathyarthe siddha upacarato matā siddhiḥ 1 Tathyarthasimhe siddhe manavasimhopacara iva ॥3330 (1881)]
Trans.—332–333 Since the epithet “deva " is clear like “ ghata", it is significant. Or, it might be believed that man
