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Cosmic and Purificatory Rite
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2. Second avaśyaka: caturvirśatistava
The caturviṁsatistava: praise to the twenty-four tirtharkaras
"I will praise the luminaries of the universe, the victorious, the founders of the dharma-tirtha, the arhats, the twenty-four omniscient ones. I salute with reverence Rşabha, Ajita, Sambhava, Abhinandana and Sumati, Padmaprabha, Supārsva and the jina Candraprabha. I salute with reverence Suvidhi (Puspadanta), Sitala, Sreyāmsa and Vāsupujya, Vimala and the jina Ananta, Dharma and Santi. I salute with reverence Kunthu, Ara, Malli, Munisuvrata and Nami, Aristanemi, Pārśva and Vardhamana.
Having praised them,(who are]free from[karmic) dust[and] tarnish, liberated from old age and death, the twenty-four excellent and victorious ones, the tirthankaras - may they show themselves favourable towards me!
May these supreme siddhas, being praised, saluted with reverence and honoured throughout the universe, accord me perfect well-being; the well-being of right vision andthe highest form of concentration! May the siddhas, purer than the lunar stars and more luminous than the solar stars, as deep as the vast ocean, grant me Liberation!"16
3. Third āvaśyaka: vandana
The guruvandana-sūtra: sūtra of salutation to the acārya and the guruņi
"Compassionate Śramana, having renounced (all blameworthy activity), I desire to salute you, paying full attention. 17 [Let it be so!]
nimdāmi garahāmi appāņaṁ vosirāmi. Avas 2. The postures adopted for the recitation of the sūtra are as follows: first of all, the right knee touches the ground while the left knce is bent, and the hands clasped on this same knee; then, at the moment when the vow is to be pronounced, the sādhvi makes a kneeling prostration for the pañcănga-namaskāra.
16 For the text (AvaS 3-9) and related ns., cf. the same hymn (P 69 ff.).
17 This respectful ritual salutation, which is recited with the appropriate gestures, is addressed to the ācārya. The Mürtipūjaka sădhvis recite it in his
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