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the following lines wherein the Vaimānika described him accordingly. This verily is he, the Jina lord Rşabha by name, the leader of the great, all these sages such as Ganadharas and Kevalis, adorable of the group of deities of fourfold variety (Bhuvanapatis, Vyantaras, jyotiskas and vaimānikas), the foremost among the paramount sovereigns of piety, the dike-construction of the ocean of the world, undistinguished devotee of all the beings, instructor of the essence of duty hitherto forgotten, perceiver of the facts pertaining to the threefold measure of time, the source of creation of the activity of the cntire populace, the ornament of the lineage of Nābhirāja, the very central figure (lit. navel) of the Universe, before whom was performed the act of reverence by Lord Sakra personally. He has further been regarded as the cause of extirpation of sins in their entirety and has been styled the primeval deity, the adorable one.
The image made of most precious gem, huge in dimensions, luminous from all sides, endowed with innumerable virtues, of Rşabha, the Primeval lord of the Jinas, the sovereign of the Primeval age, the preceptor or parent of the triad of worlds, having perceived visually the entire store of ideas only through the eye of knowledge, of steadfast gaze, consumer of the fears of the hosts of beings desirous of refuge, extremely, compassionate, an undistinguished friend, an instrument of bliss of emancipation for him whose soul has freed itself from the bonds, the bridge over the unfathomable ocean in the form of the Universe, has been well illustrated as demarcating the mode of worship of Jina deemed as a god of matchiess excellence.
Tad nofortel, '2 and * TERTERYTT: " refer to the same Jina Lord Rşabhadeva. Similarly - इच्छानुरूपरचितपूज्यश्च प्रणम्य परमया भक्त्या प्रथमजिनबिम्बम्' विद्याय भुवनत्रयगुरोरादियुगनाथस्य पूजाम्
gerafhat HUT kanalea: ufagfafe: 1 ÇEÀQ Ya1797444192 Peguifeca: 1 --Ibid. Vol. I p.
115. 1. अगाधभवजलधिसेतुबन्धबन्धनिर्मुक्तात्मनो मुक्तिसुखैककारणस्य निष्कारणबन्धोः परमकारुणिकस्य शरणार्थिजन्तुसार्थ
साध्वसमुषो निर्निमेषेण कैवलज्ञानचक्षुषा साक्षात्कृतसकलभावस्य भुवनत्रयगुरोर्युगादिपार्थिवस्य प्रथमजिनपते.... 3-
Tu ufa: ta, HETYTT FEffifuerei waht 92471 Ibid. Vol. III p. 99. 2. Ibid. Vol. III p. 164. 187. 3. Ibid. Vol. III p. 164. 187. 4. Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 360. 5. Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 370.
