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JAINA WORSHIP AND
priests drag out a silver throne, and, placing it under a canopy erected in the court of the main temple, set the image of a Tirthankara thereon. The pilgrim does the eight-fold worship (Fala pūjā, Čandana pūjā, Puṣpa pūjā, Dhūpa pūjā, Dipa pūjā, Akṣata pūjā, Naivedya pūjā, and Phala pūjā) eleven times over, and in the intervals hymns are sung to the accompaniment of a harmonium; and when the writer witnessed it, boys dressed in shepherd-plaid trousers and bright pink-frilled jackets danced to the jingling accompaniment of bells round their ankles. The pilgrim was in this case a little girl, who seemed to be utterly exhausted by fasting, thirst and fatigue.
Private
The Sthanakavāsī Jaina, being non-idolatrous and having worship. no temple which they can attend, naturally pay more attention to meditation and private worship than the other sects, and if the reader would really learn to understand the heart of Jainism, it will repay him to study their private devotions with some minuteness, since after all a man's meditations are generally a true reflection of his creed.
The Digambara Jaina are said to use a good deal of Sanskrit in their devotions; the Svetambara employ both Sanskrit and Magadhi; but the Sthānakavāsī, who claim to hold closest of all the sects to primitive practice, confine themselves as far as possible to Magadhi. Sanskrit would seem therefore to have come into use with idol worship under Hindu influence, and where reverence is refused to images, the sacred language of the Brahmans is also neglected.
Every devout Sthanakavāsī ought to rise two hours before sunrise in winter and summer, and, taking in his hands his rosary, consisting of 108 beads, recite the Navakara mantra, saluting Arihanta, Siddha, Acārya, Upādhyāya and Sādhu, and also Knowledge, Faith, Character and Austerity, and, this done, should if possible repair to the monastery. Every Apăsaro, as also every temple, has a little room where the Jaina keep their clothes for worship, which usually consist of five articles: two long pieces of
