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devotional mind of the pious laity in the presence of the Kṣapaka, these rites appear to have been added to paying homage to the Kṣapaka and dharmasravana.
(ii) These ceremonial rites on such occasion may also signify the laudable adaptability of Jainism to the surroundings of non-Jaina Karnataka.
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(iii) For details on the custom of pūjā, vide R.Williams, Jaina yoga, (London, Oriental Series, No.14,) pp. 184-185 and 216-217; and for some significant observations on the same, vide Pt.K.C.Shastri's Introduction Upāsakādhyānayana, Bharatiya Jnanapīṭha, Varanasi, 1964) pp. 39-40.
(i) Bhagavati Aradhana tells us that it contains the essence of the whole Canon gaha 14.
(ii) Possibly this may be one of the sacred works which were placed on the book-stand seen in the memorial stones called Nisidhi-Kallu, a few specimens of which are preserved in the Museum of the Kannada Research Institute, Karnatak University, Dharwad.
(iii) It is interesting to note that Cavundārāya also writes as aradhaneyam arcisi' in one of similar context: Cavundaraya Purana, (Bangalore, 1928), p.24.
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Vaddaradhane, p.144.
Bhagavati Aradhanā also says that preaching dharma means preaching it (mainly) through religious stories: gāhā: 653.
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