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4. snakes
5. enemies
6. thieves
7. kings
8. disease.
In the Shatrunjaya Kalpa, which is written in praise of the pilgrimage to Shatrunjaya mountain', the poet Dharmaghosh-Soori says: "Water, fire, sea, war, jungle, lion, elephants, poisons are the main eight fears and they are destroyed by the pilgrimage to Shatrunjaya mountain.
In the Ghantäkarna Mahämantra (again traditional, anonymous) the following verses appear:
"Aum Ghantäkarna Mahävira, You can destroy all worries and please protect me when the fears engulf me. I am writing this. wherever you are. O God! All my diseases- is it from any imbalance (väta, pitta, or cough imbalances) parish. (The traditional Indian medicinal system- Äyurveda- says that man can fall ill due to the imbalance of air acidity and/or phlegm in our body.)
Let it be that there is no fear from kings. Let all shäkini, bhoot, vetälas and rakshas (bad spirits) also perish.
He does not meet untimely death, snakes do not bite him, and there is no fear from fire or thieves or from enemies for all those who worship you by saying 'Aum Hrim Ghantäkarna Swähä"". In this short stotra all the common fears are listed.
It is clear from these examples that many stotras have recognised the feelings of a common man and have talked of the magical powers by which these fears can be removed. Fear is one of the characteristics of all living beings. The Tattvartha Sootra lists 'fear (bhaya)' as one of the nine types of deluding (kashay-mohaniya) karma
Stotras, which do not specifically mention fears by their names, do, however, state that all auspicious things happen by the recitation of these stotras.
Translation of The Namiuna Stotra
8.2
(1) I bow down to the lotus-feet of the ascetics (Tirthankara): the feet, which seem brighter due to the gems in the crown of devas when they bow down (and when their crown almost touch the Tirthankara's feet). I would now like to recite this Stavana, which is a destroyer of all fears.
(2) and (3) Even they, whose hands, feet, nails and faces have decayed, the noses have become deformed, the beauty has vanished and whose limbs have been burnt (engulfed) in the sparks of diseases like leprosy, can become healthy and bright on receiving the (holy) water from (the ceremony of worshipping of) your lotus feet.like a burnt out tree in a jungle having new life after the rain.
1 (Mantungacharya or Unke Stotra) Tattavartha Sutra. Pandit Sukhlalji page 330
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