Gommateshvara Commemoration Volume

Author(s): T G Kalghatgi
Publisher: Parshwanath Shodhpith Varanasi

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Gommages vara Commemoration Volume
evident in the Jaina practice of worshiping the deities like Padmavati and Jvālāmālini. This was due to the psychological and sociological necessity. Similarly the current practices and cults prevailing in Hindu society have been assimilated in the Jaina form of worship. For instance Akalaika is said to have invoked the Goddess Kūşmāņdiņi to work a miracle against the Buddhist goddess Tārā, and by her interference won a victory over his rivals.2 Elācārya allayed the devil by means of the Jvālāmālini-stotra.2) Jainas invoke the goddess Padmāvati for the increase of wealth, later on, we are told, "that Yakşi began to be worshipped as the goddess Vasantikā. Every Jaina family in Karnataka has a copy of Ammunavara caritre which is devoutly read every day. Similarly Jainas in the south have notions about demons and ghosts very much similar to the ideas of these prevailing in other Hindu Society. The Jainas in South Canara had the practice of worshipping the Bhūtas. They used to set apart room for them in their houses. Thus the sociological influences of the practices of mantra and tantra are also to be found among the Jainas.
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