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fourth verse, the speech of the primeval lord of the Jinas removing instantaneously the many, sided infatuation abiding in the hearts of the beings through nectar-showering meditation moving into the ears up to the distance of a Yojana, during the course of the religious homily, has been invoked, heard as it is by the groups of men brimming with sentiment of wonder. In verse 19 the Jain sage Indrabhūti has been invoked as one fit to be paid homage to by the Universe, who having assumed the three-fold nomenclature through speech pervaded the earth like Vişnu.? Commentator says that Indrabhuti had a variant name 'Gautama' and a legendary name “Trivikrama', being Vişnukumāra originally, the son of Padmottara, king of Hastināpura, who had consecrated his other son Mahāpadma to his own throne born from his queen Jvālādevī. It appears from the verse that Dhanapāla had no qualms of conscience or compunction in metaphorising a Jain sage with Vişnu, proving thereby his firm faith in the Brahmanical cult.
Jainism has been variously alluded to in the framework of the prose romance as well. As for example-while describing Ayodhyā, Nagarī, he has contemplated her having her people enamoured of the dicta of the ‘Naigamas' (the Jaina texts) which dealt with the faiths of the Arhats (Jain monks). The primeval deity of the Jainas 'Rşabhadeva' has been eulogised in the light of its image established by Sakra (Indra himself) in the description of the Vaimānika Jvalanaprapha who had reached there (i.e., the palace of the king Meghavāhana) after having paid homage to him." The poet visualises that the image of the Primeval lord had been established by Sakra or Indra himself at the very time of the establishment of Sāketapura i.e. the town of Ayodhyā. This also establishes the distinct leaning of the poet towards the Brahmanic religion from where he had been made to bow over to the Jain faith. The deity Rsabhadeva has been illustrated further in
frutta14 THTHP6464 59 ar a: 48 TET:I-TM. verse 3 Vol. I, p. 11. 1. ध्यानेनामृतवर्षिणा श्रवणयोरायोजनं भ्राम्यता। भिन्दाना युगपद् विभिन्न विषये मोहं हृदि प्राणिनाम्।
SITÈ 21441fell fraude arut un cercafaseadais foram yr a: 11 -Ibid. verse 4,
Vol. I p. 22. 2. 74 74RI TERET
ya farci ar faei fawufrar TM verse 19, Vol. I p. 22. 3. Bertafeefaka A CERCHI I-Ibid. Vol. I p. 107. 4. अखिलविष्टपत्रयाधिपतिना.... भगवता स्वयं शक्रेणसाकेतपुरनिवेशकाल एव कृतप्रतिष्ठस्य भगवतो युगादिजिनस्य
ghral 4148-774 1-Ibid. Vol. I p. 55. 5. सः एष भगवानशेषजगत्राभिर्नाभिकुल कर कुलालंकारः कारणं सकललोकव्यवहार सृष्टेः, द्रष्टाकालत्रितय वर्तिनां
भावानाम्, उपदेष्टाचिरप्रनष्टस्य धर्मतत्वस्य, सर्वसत्वनिनिमित्त बन्धुः सेतुबन्धः संसारसिन्धोः, आद्यो धर्मचक्रवर्तिनाम् आराध्यश्चतुविधस्यापि सुरनिकायस्य, नायकः समग्राणां गणधरकेलिप्रमुखाणां महर्षीणामृषभनामा जिनवृषः, यस्य
