Book Title: Jambu Jyoti
Author(s): M A Dhaky, Jitendra B Shah
Publisher: Kasturbhai Lalbhai Smarak Nidhi Ahmedabad

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________________ Hemaraj Pande's Caurāsi Bol 14. Malli and Nemi were the only two Jinas who did not marry. (49) 15. Draupadi did marry all the five Pāṇḍava brothers. (50) 16. A muni should collect alms by going from house to house (and not take his meal standing in one house as is the custom among the Digambaras). (50) 383 17. It is proper to worship an image of a Jina with items such as musk (kasturi), etc. (51) 18. A naked image of a Jina is not auspicious; it is proper to worship an image of a Jina with ornaments. (52-53) 19. A Jina's nudity is not visible to anyone as Indra places an ambara (a piece of cloth) on his shoulder. (54) 20. The ganadhara Gautama did honor a parivrājaka, a mendicant of a non-Jaina order, for the sake of dharma. (55) 21. It is proper to make a sthāpană of a Jaina monk (guru) in his absence similar to the image of a Jina. (56-57) 22. Śatruñjaya is a holy place (tīrtha). [This item is missing in the Digambara list.](58) 23. A Jain monk may give initiation (diksă) and even preach a sermon (both of which are auspicious activities) while still maintaining the suddha-upayoga. (59-63) 24. Vasudeva (father of Kṛṣṇa) had seventy-two thousands wives (i.e., more than a cakravarti. This is similar to Bahubali being stronger than Bharata). (64-65) 25. Jamāli was the son-in-law of Jina Mahāvīra and he did start a wrong view (kumata, i.e., a nihnava). (66) 26. A disciple of Candarudräcärya attained kevalajñāna (while he was carrying his sick teacher on his shoulders). (67) 27. The vyavahāra naya is as important as the niscaya naya. (68-76) 28. The dravyarthika and the paryäyärthika nayas are equally important. (77-87) Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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