Jain Journal 1992 01

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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An extensive list of nompies exist and so far, nearly 200 nompy narrative stories have been discovered. An eminent Jaina intellectual giant of Mysore, in Karnataka by name Sri Padma Raja Pundit, is stated to have published, by his own effort, nearly 200 nompy stories between the year 1893 to 1930. But unfortunately the copies are seldom accessible to the people. Very recently, in the year 1976 and 1981, many nompy stories were collected and published by Dr. Hampa Nagarajaiah and Dr. B. S. Kulakarni respectively. These collec. tions narrate all the periodically observed ceremonies and rituals, along with the norms and practices prevalent among the Jainas. These ritualistic compendium helps us to understand the religious customs which prevailed during the medieval period in Karnataka among the Jainas.
The descriptive offerings and the meaning of each items offered by the performer presents an interesting picture in the Kaivalyasukhāṣṭami nompy. The following offerings were made during the concluding ceremoney of this nompy and each item so offered is said to bestow a particular fortune to the performer.
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Kannada
name
1 Uppu
2 Akki
3 Bele
4 Yellu
5 Godi
6 Uddu
40 Ibid.
Botanical
name
Oriza Satvia
Cicer Arictirm
7 Togari Cajanus Indicum bele
English
name
Salt
Rice
Sasamum Indicum Gingelli
Dal
Triticum Sativum Wheat
Phaseolus Radiatus Black Gram
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Fortune
To keep up the virtue of one's promises
To beget children
To avoid being born in the lower class/caste
To avoid getting a bad
name
To become a scholar
To give up addiction to Alcoholic drinks
To seek good fortune to one's own daughter