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TILAKAMANJARĪ OF DHANAPALA the progency in accordance with the errands of the sage and in absolute punctiliousness, taking to the vow of celibacy etc.'
The importance of the Tīrthas has been stressed in accordance with the Brahmanical cult. The shrine of the Siddha (Jina gone to accomplishment) known as Sakrāvatāra having a vallum connected with the arched gates having lofty turrets being well known on the earth on account of its being a primeval tīrtha and ornament of the outer garden. It was visited by Meghavahana unobserved by the entourage after he had performed the evening adoration of Śrī the goddess on a festal day with the adoration of the deity of the sacred chant performed in advance.2
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"गंगादितीर्थजलप्रक्षालनापनीतस्थावरावस्थाभिः '
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the places of pilgrimage such as Ganga are considered to be the holiest according to the Hindu belief which washes off the sins of the sinners.
Samaraketu has been described as the son of Candraketu, the lord of the Simhalas whose fame had been amply illustrated by the adoration of the images of the Arhatas i.e. the Buddhist sages like those performed in the towns of the gods by the denizens of the heaven attained to the status of gods, averse to the material gains opposed to the fructification of renunciation (Virati), with his own maturity being enhanced by having attained to the enlightenment of the virtuous conduct or religious duty, being a devotee of the other births or auspicious gains. The Jaina school of thought forms the main burden of the philosophical strain of Dhanapāla. The triad of worlds pervaded by plurality of forms of aught being, being scanned by Jina has been illustrated in the introductory verse 1.5 The Primeval Jina and his followers have been deemed as having soul full of
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1. उपरतराज्यचिन्ताभारस्य
विरचिताभ्यर्णपर्णशालाकृतस्थितेस्त्रिकालस्नायिनः
परिमितफलाहारपरिपालितशरीरस्य
कुशतल्पशायिनो मुनिसमुपदिष्टेन विधिना व्रतमपत्यसन्ततिनिबन्धनमनतिचारं पालयतो गृहीतब्रह्मचर्यस्य । etc. -TM. Vol. I p. 106.
2. विहितमन्त्रदेवतापूर्वसेवः स राजा पर्वदिवसे विशेषेण निर्वर्त्य देव्याः श्रियः सायन्तनीमायतनपूजामनुपलक्षितः परिचारकगणेन नगरबाह्याराममण्डनमादितीर्थतया पृथिव्यां प्रथितमतितुङ्गशिखरतोरणप्राकारं शक्रावतारं नाम FTM. Vol. I pp 106-107.
3. Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 371.
4. भवान्तरप्रणयी संप्राप्य सद्धर्मबोधिमधिकाधिक प्रवर्धमानशुभतरपरिणामो विरतिपरिणामपरिपन्थिनं महार्हसंपत्सं भारमपि गर्हमाणस्त्रिदशभावमात्मीयमनुदिवसमाहितत्रिदिववासिमानसोल्लासाभिरपरापराभिः सुरपुरेषु प्रवर्ति.. fara
पूजाभिर्भृशावर्जितयशः कीर्तिनामकर्मा समरकेतुर्नाम सिंहलेन्द्रस्य चन्द्रकेतोरात्मजन्मा संजातः । Ibid Se ed. pp
412-413.
5. Ibid. Vol. I p. 8.
