Jinamanjari 1998 04 No 17

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

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The soul which obtains the benefit of triratna is able to realize its true nature through its Lordship over its own career. V.70.37
4. Nimayasāra is a collection of eight works; some of them contain bits of historical information. There is the Sanskrit commentary by Padmaprabha Maladhārideva, who died on Monday, 24 February 1185 C.E.)
5. Rayanasāra
6. Şatpähuda. Kundakunda is reputed to have written 84 Pāhudas, all in Prakrit. Dr. J.P. Jain views that some of these are found to contain useful bits of historical information. Some of the names are:
Joņisāra, Kriyāsāra, Ārāhaņāsāra, Bamdhasāra, Tattvasára, Amgasāra, Karma Pāhuda, Paya Pāhuda, Vidya Pāhuda, Ughāta Pāhuda, Dęsti Pāhuda, Siddhānta Pāhuda, Samvāya Pāhuda, Naya Pāhuda, Prakrti Pāhuda, Cūrni Pāhuda, Pamcavagga Pāhuda, Karma Vipāka Pāhuda, Vastu Pāhuda, Payodhara Pāhuda, Utpāda Pāhuda, Divva Pāhuda, Sikkhā Pāhuda, Jiva Pāhuda, Ācāra Pāhuda, Sahāva Pāhuda, Ālāpa Pāhuda, Cuti Pāhuda, Șat Darsana Pāhuda, Nokamma Pāhuda, Samthāna Pāhuda, Nitya Pāhuda, Eyamta Pāhuda, Vihāya Pāhuda and Sālami Pāhuda. 40
It is noted Darsana Pāhuda, Sutta Pāhuda, Cäritta Pāhuda, Bodha Pāhuda, Bhāva Pāhuda, and Mokşa Pāhudas have been published to date." Commentary on Six Pāhudas has been written by Śrutasāgara who flourished at the beginning of the 16th C.E.42 The Prakrit dialect used in Pāhudas of Kundakunda is more archaic and many words are common to the language used in the Bramhi records of the early common era.
7. Barasa Anuvekkha. It is a ethical and didactic work which delineates rules of conduct and proper ways of behavior both for the ascetics and the laypeople. As the title goes, it is twelve reflections or contemplation to cultivate the necessary religious attitude. They are:
i. Adhrūva or anitya - Transitoriness. ii. Ashārana - Helplessness.
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