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Ācārya Samantabhadra’s
ĀptamīmāÚsā
(Devāgamastotra)
Deep Reflection On The Omniscient Lord
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Ācārya Samantabhadra’s
ĀptamīmāÚsā
(Devāgamastotra)
Deep Reflection On The Omniscient Lord
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Divine Blessings:
Ācārya 108 Vidyānanda Muni
Vijay K. Jain
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This beautiful black idol of the twenty-
second Tīrthaôkara, Lord Neminātha, is
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Uttar Pradesh. Conch shell (śaôkha) is the
symbol of the Lord.
Ācārya Samantabhadra’s
ĀptamīmāÚsā
(Devāgamastotra)
Deep Reflection On The Omniscient Lord
Vijay K. Jain
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CONTENTS
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PREFACE ----- (viii)
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ----- (xxi)
VIJAY K. JAIN – BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ----- (xxiv)
Section 1 Verses 1 - 23 ----- 3
Section 2 Verses 24 - 36 ----- 47
Section 3 Verses 37 - 60 ----- 67
Section 4 Verses 61 - 72 ----- 103
Section 5 Verses 73 - 75 ----- 119
Section 6 Verses 76 - 78 ----- 125
Section 7 Verses 79 - 87 ----- 129
Section 8 Verses 88 - 91 ----- 139
Section 9 Verses 92 - 95 ----- 143
Section 10 Verses 96 - 114 ----- 149
GENERAL INDEX ----- 177
INDEX OF VERSES ----- 189
GUIDE TO TRANSLITERATION ----- 200
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PREFACE
Ācārya Samantabhadra –
the embodiment of right faith, knowledge, and conduct
Ācārya Samantabhadra was a great Digambara ascetic endowed
with exceptional knowledge of the Jaina doctrine. He preached
and propagated, far and wide, core principles of the doctrine by
visiting many places in India. His literary and philosophical talents
are not open to dispute; many inscriptions and works by subsequent
Jaina Ācāryas have extolled his virtues as well as his works in
superlative terms. A case in point is the assertion by Ācārya Jinasena
in Ādipurāõa1:
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I bow to Ācārya Samantrabhadra, the ultimate creator (Brahmā)
among all poets, whose words are like a stroke of lightning which
tears apart mountains of misconceptions.
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Ācārya Samantrabhadra’s glory reigned supreme among all poets,
scholars, disputants, and preachers; he was like a jewel on their
heads.
Four exceptional qualities of Ācārya Samantabhadra have been
mentioned: 1) poetic skill (kavitva) which made his compositions
excellent in terms of profoundness of content and grandiosity of
expression; 2) intellectual authority (gamakatva) because of which he
was able to explore and expound deep meanings of profound religious
texts; 3) debating skill (vāditva) which made him capable of reasoning
out the most difficult philosophical disputes; and 4) charming
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