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Some Jain Versions of the 'Act of Truth' Theme
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nirvāṇadīksā syān nirmalā 'vadyavarjitá sa devo raksatān māṁ ca sarvam lokam
sabandhavam || 12. Vv. 60-2: kevalajñānsampannā vītarāgā gatāpadah | rāgamohaparityakta yady
arhanto bhavanty ami || ahimsālakṣano dharmaḥ sarvasattvadayāparah | lokadvayasukhādhāras tadukto vidyate yadi || yadi nirvāṇadiksă syāt
saṁsārocchedakāriņi tato mām patiputrādisamyuktām raksatu drutam || 13. Maheśvarasūri, Nānapaṁcamīkahão, Ed. A. S. Gopāni, Simghi Jain Series Vol.
25, Bombay : Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan 1949. 14. For Prākrit turta and a variety of words connected with it, see R. L. Turner,
A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages. London: Oxford University
Press 1966, entry 5468. (cf. the Gujarāti word 'thuộthā (Landless) - Editors. 15. Here there is an echo of the earlier secret giving of milk, described as gūdhāim
kajjaim in v. 18.
16. Vimalo vi jaņasamakkhaṁ hiyae thaviūna jinavaram devam | pabhaņai ujjhiyatumti
evam ciya majjha divvam tu || jai natthi majjha doso jam rāyā bhanai kohagayacitto
'to nisaraṁtu hatthā jaha puvvim hoṁtayā āsi ||| 17. yady -ahań śuddhim āyātā daksinasyā diśah purah tao vrajottarām āśāṁ Yamune
mama väkyataḥ || 18. Cf. V. M. Kulkarni, The Story of Rama in Jain Literature, Ahmedabad : Saraswati
Pustak Bhandar 1990, p. 148. 19. For Jain usage of the names Sāketa and Vinītā, see Hans Bakker, “Ayodhyā :
le nom et le lieu", Revue de l'Histoire des Religions 203 1986, pp. 59-60. 20. Rāmadevam vihāyānyanaraṁ me yadi vāñchitam | manasā 'pi janā vahne tato
mām daha mā 'nyathă || 21. Op. cit. p. 151. 22. Ravisena, Padmapurāna, Vol. 3, Ed. Pannālal Jain, Jñānapitha Mürtidevī Jaina
Granthamālā Vol 26, Kāśī : Bhāratiya Jñānapītha 1959. 23. karmaṇā manasā vācā Rāmam muktvā param naram | samudvahāmi na svapne
fpy anyaṁ satyam idam mama || yady etad anstaṁ vācmi tadā mām eșa pāvakah | bhasmasädbhāvam aprēptām api prāpayatu ksaņāt || atha Padmān naraṁ nänyam manasā 'pi vahā[m]y aham | tato 'yaṁ jvalano dhākṣin mā mām śuddhisamanvitām || mithyādarśaninīm pāpāṁ kşudrikāṁ vyabhicāriņīí | jvalano mām dahaty esa satim vratasthitam tu mā ||
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