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be done. If consumers' goods descended frequently and in abundance from the heaven, it might be done. As things are, it cannot be done..., one has to decide which wants shall be satisfied at the expense of leaving others unsatisfied.
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Dasharatha SHARMA--The Three Earliest Jain Influences of Mughal Religious Policy : Padmasundar, Anandarāja and Ajayarāja. (A.B.O.R.I., XXI, 1944 (1945).
P. 145. The favourable attitude towards the Jains too, which Akbar retained throughout his life, was for the contact with Padma Sundar, a Jain scholar
then Hiravijayasūri etc.
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Mohanlal Bhagwandas JHAVERY---Comparative and critical study of Mantraśāstra with special treatment of Jain Mantravāda being the Introduction to Sri Bhairava Padmavati Kalpa. (Ahmedabad, 1944). Pp. 1 to 365.
The work here published is a Jaina Tantra entitled 'Sri Bhairava Padmāvatikalpa' which deals with Mantrika worship of goddess Sri Padmāvati, a deity attendant on Sri Pārsvanātha, the 23rd Tirthankara.
Mallisenasūri, the author of Sri Padmavati Kalpa and a Digambara Jain Achārya of Sena-gana, was the pupil of Kanakasenagani and grand pupil of Ajitasenagani, the famous Guru of king Racamalla of Ganga dynasty and his minister and general Cāmundarāi. He flourished about the beginning of the 12th century of Vikrama era.
Bandhusena is the commentator of the Sri Bhairava Padmavati Kalpa. Both the author and the commentator probably belonged to Karnatic,
Contents :
1. Purpose and scope. 2. Magic and Magical Symbolism. 3. Thought force. 4. New Thought, New psychology. 5. Mentative energy and magic. 6. Telepathy and clairvoyance. 7. Cotemplation colours and emotions. 8. Mantra---How it acts. 9. Kundalini Shakti. 10. Tantras. 11. Tāntrik Sādhanā. 12. Mantrayāna, Vajrayana and tantrism amongst the Buddhists. 13. Mysticism of Darvishes. 14. Jain Mantravāda and Caityavāsis. 15. Māntrikas subsequent to 1080 Vikrama era. 16. Antiquity of Jain Mantras and Māntric literature. 17. Contents. 18. The author and the commentator. 19. Appendices. 20. Parsis and Mantras. 21. Conclusion. Appendix-A.
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