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Vi sh har 1 1 1 1
vi s ni nna sam, 1 1 2 2 2
12 mäträs
sam
man ga ka län ä va 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 15 mäträs
Most of the time, poets observe the guidelines and try to stick to the rules of the composition but this is not always possible, and either he takes the liberty of using some short syllables as long ones or vice-versa.
In the fourth phrase above, the letter ka is a short one. It is not kä and should have one mäträ only but the poet has used it as a long letter having two mäträs.
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Is There a Hidden Mantra in the Uvasaggaharam Stotra ?
In the second verse of the Uvasaggaharam Stotra, which is: Vishhar fullinga mantam kanthe dharei jo sayä manuo Tassa gaha rog mari duttha jarä janti uvasämma
We have seen that a mantra which is called the 'Vishhar fullinga Mantra' has been mentioned here. It will be interesting to find out what this Mantra is all about and which is the right mantra.
We will examine some of the source :
Shri Samaysundar Gani in his book' Shri Sapta Smaran-stava' says here is an eighteen syllable mantra called the 'Namiuna Päsa vishar vasah jina fulinga' mantra. This mantra when joined with 'Aum', 'Hreem', 'Swä' and 'Hä' becomes the mantra of twenty-eight syllables".
Shri Chintamani Pärshvanätha Stotra explains how to create a yantra for worshipping Pärshvanätha and His Yaksha, but the mantra itself is nowhere to be seen. Similarly there is another important stotra called the Mantradhiraj Stotra. This too explains the ritual of 'writing' a yantra and how to worship the yantra. Again this stotra explains everything in detail about writing various mantra seeds (like Aum, Hrim etc.) but does not mention the Vishahara Fullinga Mantra, nor does the name appear in the stotra.
In all, some fifteen to twenty stotras have been looked at but none of these stotras has mentioned this mantra3.
Samaysundar Gani's 'Sapta Smarana Stava as mentioned above.
A Book Pavagadh Chintamani' by Muni Navinchandra Vijay, Published from Pavagadh 1995 A book of Jain Recitations (Stotra Sandoha) sites some stotras in praise of Parshvanath but none of these mentiones the Mantra. These stotras are:
Parshvanath Stavanam (P 33), Parshvanath dasa Bhav Stotram (P 110),, Parshvanath StavanamMantradhiraj (P 116), Kalikunda Parshva Stavanam (P 118), Parshvanath Stavanam (P 119), Parshva Jina Stotram (P195), Parshva Jina Stavanm (P 203), Parshva Jina Stavanm (P 213), Parshvanath Laghu Stava (P 228), Parshvanath Stavanm (P 242), Parshva Deva Stavanm (P 255) Parshva Jina Stavanm (P 359), Manträdhiraj Stotram (P 378), Mantradhiraj Stotram (P 378), Padmavati Ashtakam (P 77 of the appendix), Parshvanath Mala Mantra Stava (P 107 of the appendix). These and Three stotras in the book called Shri Stotra Ratnakar Part II have been given. None of these three mention the particular vishara Mantra. A book 'Pawagadh Chintamani' published by Vijyanand Soori Sahitya Prakashan Foundation, Pawagadh 1995, has reproduced some stotras with instruction as how to use
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