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Šāmāyika: 115
Attainment of enlightenment.
O holy Jina! Friend of the entire universe let these be mine,
for I have taken refuge at your fee."21
References
1. On the antiquity or the Śramanas and their non-Vedic doctrines, see my article 'Śramaņas: Their conflict with Brahmanical society' in Chapters in Indian Civilization, Vol. I. pp. 39-81. (Kendall/ Hunt, Dubuque, Lowa, U.S.A. 1970)
2. On the life of Mahāvīra and the history of the Jain Order of monks, see Hermann Jacobi (tr.): Jaina Sūtras, part 1, Sacred Books of the East, xxii.
3. amhākam
ganthanakileso
palibujjhanakileso
kilesaganthirahitā mayan ti evem vāditāya laddhanamavasena Nigantho. MA. i, 423 (See Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, Vol. II p. 64)
natthi,
4. On the doctrine of guṇa-sthāna, see N. Tatia: Studies in Jaina Philosophy, pp 268-280, Jain Cultural Research Society, Banaras, 1951.
5. aprādurbhavaḥ khalu rāgādīnām bhavaty ahimsetil
teṣām evotpattir himseti jināgamasys samkṣepaḥ// Puruṣārthasiddhyupaya of Amṛtacandra, 44. (The Sacred Books of the Jainas, vol. IV. Lucknow, India, 1933)
6. For a detailed description of these rituals and also for the various vratas of the laity, see R. Williams: Jaina Yoga, London Oriental series, Volume 14, 1963.
7. samatā sarvabhūteṣu samyamaḥ śubhabhāvanāḥ/
ārtaraudraparityāgas taddhi sāmāyikam matam// Varāngacarita, XV, 122.
8. Indeed, very advanced laymen of the Digambara sect may even become 'sky-clad' if they perform this ritual in their own quarters. It is probably this practice of temporary nudity among Jain laymen to which the Buddhists have alluded in a passage which is the most ancient reference to the sāmāyika ritual: atthi Visākhe Nigaṇṭhā nāma samaṇajātikā, te ...tadah' uposathe sāvakam evam samādapenti: -ehi tvam ambho purisa sabbacelāni nikkhipitvā evam vadehi-nāham kvaci kassaci kiñcanam tasmim na ca mama
