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7. Aum This Mantra formula having a nucleus is a base of Jain Mantras and is very famous and effective. There is a very
Hrim Arham famous Mantra-Beeja Aumkar inside the nucleus of Hrimkara Beeja with supreme uninterrupted circles. Here the (in circles): Avagra ha sign like (S) showing the omission of (A) vowel is placed. This sign suggests the figure of Kundalini, or
according to the rule of Sanskrit grammar when Aum is followed by Aum A is omitted and Avagraha sign is placed. This figure is particularly at the centre of a Yantra which is worshipped in Siddhachakra Major worship. Arham without 'Nada' can never be drawn in this Yantra. Therefore Nada must be invariably present. This Beeja (nucleus) is more used in writing than in Mantra recitation. This figure can be read in all the three
ways, so all the three types are shown above. 8. Aum Hrim The explanation for this symbol is the same as at 7 above except that its form is elliptical. The second difference is Arham:
that there is no sign of Nada on Arham. In other Yantra Patas this figure is drawn without Nada. 9. Arham: This is a famous Mantra Beeja with double 'R'and without Nada (drawn above or below). This Beeja also seen
below with one 'R'is very famous and popular. This Beeja is pronounced in the first auspicious aphorism of Siddhahema grammar. For showing Nada triangles, circles and other signs are used. Again Nada being a constituent and a step towards meditation, the word 'Anahata Nada' is famous for the same. This Nada is a part of Yoga practice. The Beeja Arham contains vowels and consonants as mentioned in the science of Mantra because in Varna Matrika first the vowels and then the consonants are taught. The vowels start with (A) and the consonants end with 'H'. As this Beeja starts with (A) and ends with (HA) it contains all vowels and consonants. So by reciting Arham' would be recitation of all vowels and consonants. That is why the Mantra-experts consider it to have great significance. This Beeja is adored in various ways in many books. The science of Mantra commands that the sign of Nada must be placed on certain Mantra Beejas but during the last hundreds of years this idea has been forgotten and so the writing of this Beeja has been almost discontinued in Jain
Yantras. 10. Avagraha This Beeja contains the grammatical sign of Avagraha 'S'. It has no 'R' below but only above. In certain Yantras
Rham: such a Beeja is at the centre. Thousands of Jains mostly use, for Mantra recitation a Beeja with only one 'R'. 11. The lotus: This is the famous symbol of Indian culture and it is a favourite of the poets. The figure is reproduced from a figure
in Ajanta caves. The saints and religious preceptors have liberally used the symbol as an example to show to the people how to live unattached in the world like the lotus in water, because the lotus remains untouched by water
though born and living in water. 12. Hrim: This is the Hrimkara Beeja with Nada Bindu and Kala and written in Jain script. This very Beeja is at the centre of
Rishi-Mandal Yantra. 24 Tirthankaras are installed in this Hrim Beeja (sce Rishi-Mandal stotra, Gatha 20). In Rishi-Mandal Yantra edited by me, Hrim is drawn with Nada, but during the last 300 years the preceptor-to-disciple tradition is lost so far as the figure of Nada in Yantras on copper, cloth, paper etc., is concerned and this is why Hrim
is found without Nada'. 13. A god with This figure is drawn to show that god from heaven honour Tirthankaras and other gods with garlands of flowers. garland:
These figures are found on both the sides above the icon in all Jain arabesques. These figures are particularly in caves, monuments and pictures, only the curvatures differ. According to Jain scriptures there are four types of demigods called Bhavan-pati, Vyantar,Jyotishka and Vaimanika
in the subterranean world and the sky. 14. Vidyadhara This god known as Vidyadhara god has got a bouquet of flowers in his hands. He can fly. His figure is found in the
sculpture and architecture at Mt. Abu and elsewhere. 15. The horse: This is a beautiful figure of horse, decorated with saddles and drawn with the medieval age Kalpa-Sutra style. The
horse is famous all over the world. Scientists use the word "horse-power to indicate the power of a machine. 16. The lion: This is a remarkable figure found in architecture. It is carved out of stone on 'Shuka-Nasa'and placed particularly
on the summit of a Jain Temple. It shows the sentiment expressed in the incident of Gajara va. 17. The lion There was a tradition of sculptures and pictures in which the lion, the horse etc. were shown with the trunk of an
with the elephant. This tradition prevailed in various parts of the world in ancient times. So, here also a similar figure is elephant drawn in a rural form and classified as a medieval picture of Kalpa Sutra-style. Such figures are carved on the mouth:
monument of Sanchi in Jain monument at Mathura, in certain Buddha caves and some Hindu temples of south India. In central Asia and in the western countries there is a tradition of such sculpture. Again it is believed that such animals did exist in prehistoric times.
god:
Note: 4. This figure is certainly found in the Siddha-Chakra Yantras published by other authors but it lacks in this sign of Nada, but the
Yantra edited by me the figure has 'Nada! The Nada must be there. Then only a Beeja as enjoined in the scripture can be drawn. And
then only that Yantra can be perfect from scriptural view-point. Note: 5. If the Hrim in the centre of Rishi-Mandal Yantra is void of Nada it should be considered faulty
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