Jinamanjari 1995 09 No 12

Author(s): Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication

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It is in this work that Rsabha is referred by the Tamilized form of Rsabha
He who organised the society with knowledge unbound is Adi Rishabha.
Thirukkalambagam: The author Udichi Devar was a devotee of Rsabha of Arpakham, near Kancheepuram. He belonged to the country of Tarda-Mandalam. He was a native of Arpagai, a place near Arai in Velore Taluk. The term implies a sort of poetic mix where verses are composed in diverse meters.
He gives a detailed account of Rsabha. He enumerates various attributes of Rsabha and also the parallelism between Rsabha and Siva. He gives the Jaina interpretation of those attributes. The Samavasarana description is excellent.
“The prabha valaya with brightness of thousands of moon cool the eyes of the people and the Adi nathar moves over the lotus.
"He the God without blemishes with the matted hairs Adi Bagavan Arugan To whom we pay our obeisance in all ways
For annihilating the disease of births. Adinathar Pillai Thamizh: This work deals with childhood of Rsabha and is one of the popular literary forms in Tamil. The author while describing the child life Rsabha successfully brings out the details of Rsabha and the Jaina principles. It is more or less a biogrpahy of Rsabha in poetic form.
Some of the epithets used in this work are Thiruma marai thalaiva, (Lord of Vedas) Ayodhyampathiale (ruler of Ayodhya) Dharpuruda pemman (one who realised his self) Ugathi Perumal (Leader of the Krutheyugam) Jagamoondrenukhum Eraiva (God for the 3 worlds) Kayilaiyampathi ale (Ruler of Kailasa) Vidabasvami (Rishabha Swami).
It is the only work in Tamil that is fully devoted to speak the glory of Rsabha
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