SAMADHITANTRA (Sanskrit-Hindi)

SAMADHITANTRA (Sanskrit-Hindi)

By Acarya Pujyapada

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 5

Hindi translation by Dr. Jaykumar Jalaj

2006     220 x 140 mm     32 pp

81 88769 06 1     Softcover     Rs. 30

EAN 9788188769063

 

Acarya Pujyapada, the Digambara mystic and pioneering Sanskrit grammarian, lived in the 6th century of the Common Era. Apart from his deep scholarship and mastery of the Jain doctrine, Pujyapada was a mystic and yogi.

 

He wrote from his spiritual experiences.

 

Hence, he penned some of the most important and pathbreaking works on Jainism. His treatise on Sanskrit grammar, the Jainendra Vyakarana commands wide respect till today as one of the best and most complete original works on Sanskrit grammar.

 

His Sarvarthasiddhi is the first independent commentary on the Tattvarthasutra and one of the most concise, establishing definitions that are standard.

 

His Samadhitantra is one of the first Jain works on spirituality in Sanskrit. And among the finest, most lucid works on mysticism produced by the shramana tradition. 

 

In this work, he deals with the self, establishing it as being independent of the body, of gender, of all the non-self objects that one mistakenly associates with oneself.

 

The work is concise, has only 105 shlokas. The work is tight, beautifully crafted with not a word extra. The precision of the Acarya's thoughts is matched by the loftiness of his spirituality. Pujyapada, with this work, takes us to a world of tranquilness and serenity. Where there is no chaos, no mad rush for more, a world free of attachments and aversions.

 

A world where we drop all fears and biases, all desires and distractions...The world of the atma, the sublime, calm and peaceful. A world that is at once at peace with itself and completely conscious, immersed in the contemplation of itself and free of all disturbances.

 

Samadhitantra is a glimpse into the spiritual world of Pujyapada. A world where there is equanimity, calm and serenity.

 

The Hindi translation by Dr. Jaykumar Jalaj remains quietly in the background, not detracting from the pleasure of reading Pujyapada's simple but eloquent language.

 

Come visit this world of dhyana, j񡮡 and adhyatma. Read the Samadhitantra - A doorway to the world of tranquilness and serenity that arise out of truly knowing oneself.

 

Namo Vitaragaya

 

 

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SHRI JINA TARANA TRIVENI

namah shri varddhamanaya nirdhutakalilatmane

salokanam trilokanam yadvidya darpanayate

 

Dear friends,

Jaya Jinendra

 

SHRI JINA TARANA TRIVENI

3 Dvatrimshikas by Taranasvami

Hindi translation in Prose by Br. Shitalaprasada

Hindi tranlation in Poetry by Br. Jayasagara

English translation by Dashrath Jain

2005     220 x 145 mm     134 pp

Hardcover     Rs. 60

 

Students of Jain history will be familiar with Taranasvami, the 16th century mystic from Bundelkhand. Taranasvami was a lay scholar and spiritualist. He was known to his followers as Shrimad Taranatarana Mandalacarya.

 

He composed 14 works in a language that was a combination of Prakrit and Sanskrit. 9 of his works are in prose, 5 are poetry. Of these, 3 of dvatrimshikas have been chosen, along with his Chadmasthavani.

 

Hence the books has the following 4 works:

Pandita Puja

Malarohana

Kamalabattisi

Chadmasthavanisara

 

The first 3 works have an accompanying Hindi translation in prose, Hindi translation in poetry as well as an English translation.

 

This is followed by a conspectus of Taranasvami's Chadmasthavani, entitled "Chadmasthavani-Sara".

 

The book is very easy to read. The spiritual content is very important and Taranasvami is a unique personality in the subaltern history of Indian spiritualism.

 

His life and writings deserve serious study from the socio-anthropological angle as well as the ecclesiastical angle.

 

The book ought to be read by each and every Jain shravaka.

 

shramanopasako,

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JAIN VANMAYA KA PARICAYATMAKA ITIHASA (Hindi)

namah shri varddhamanaya nirdhutakalilatmane

salokanam trilokanam yadvidya darpanayate

 

Dear friends,

Jaya Jinendra

 

JAIN VANMAYA KA PARICAYATMAKA ITIHASA (Hindi)

By Acarya Devendra Muni

Preface by T G Kalghatgi

2006     220 x 145 mm     765 pp

Hardcover     Rs. 1600

 

Jainism is a pre-Aryan religion. It is one of the most ancient living traditions in the world. The strength of the Jain doctrine is such that doctrinally, Jainism has retained its attributes and characteristics for over many millennia.

 

Tirthankara Mahavira was the last Tirthankara of this era. His teachings emanated in the form of divya dhvani. These were composed into the Agamas by the Ganadharas.

 

600 years after the nirvana of Mahavira, the sangha split into two, the Digambaras, the sky clad male ascetics, and the Shvetambaras, the white clad ascetics.

 

Each of the two sects, though followers of the same religion, and adhering to the same doctrine, felt that it was their sect that had grasped the essence of the teachings of Tirthankara Mahavira.

 

Chiefly, they differed on the point of ascetic nudity, considered essential by the Digambaras but not so by the Shvetambaras; and as a corollary, whether women could attain moksha in the same birth (since both Digambaras and Shvetambaras have a tradition of white clad nuns).

 

Digambaras and Shvetambaras also differed on whether the Tirthankaras ate, spoke, etc. The Digambara held that a kevali, who was Vitaragi, would have absolutely no attachment to His body and hence would have no desire to eat, etc. The Shvetambaras felt that a Vitaragi could partake of food and wear clothes without feeling an iota of desire for the food and clothing. 

 

These differences led to the gradual rift in the two sects, and each sect developed its own sacred literature. The sacred literature continued to be called the Agamas, or the Siddhanta Granthas.

 

The Shvetambaras held that of the twelve Angas originally preached, eleven had survived but the twelfth one was lost in the passage of time. The Digambaras held that only parts of the twelfth Anga of Mahavira's "Dvadashanga Vani" had survived, the earlier 11 Angas were lost forever.

 

Hence, the Digambaras composed the two root scriptures, the Shatkhandagama, or Scripture in Six Parts, and the Kashayaprabhrta, the Treatise on Passions. Also, the writings of early Digambara Acaryas like Kundakunda, Samantabhadra, Pujyapada, Umasvami, Akalanka Deva, Manikyanandi and many others are accorded the status of Agamas by the Digambara community.

 

The Shvetambaras held three recensions of the scriptures and considered that they had the authentic Jain scriptures. The last one was held at Valabhi in Gujarat in the 6th century CE under the leadership of Devardhigani Kshamashramana.

 

Learned Acaryas like Umasvami / Umasvati and Siddhasena Divakara are claimed by both the Digambaras as well as the Shvetambaras as their own.

 

Be that as it may, the Jains have a large corpus of works that they consider to be their Agamas, and both sects have devotees queing up to reverentially pay obeisance to their scriptures.

 

Acarya Devendra Muni, known for his ecumenical approach, considers the scriptures of both, the Digambaras as well as the Shvetambaras in this well organised and well researched encyclopaedic work on Jain scriptures.

 

As observed by T G Kalghatgi in his learned Preface, Acarya Devendra has given "a fairly coherent and comprehensive account of the Agama literature of the Jains without prejudice or pride concerning any section of the Jain community. It is a far presentation of all the aspects of the canonical literature
giving a panoramic picture of the literature of all shades of the Jain faith of the Digambara and Shvetambara sections"

 

The book is divided into seven chapters:

1. General Survey of Agama literature.
2. Analysis of Anga literature.
3. Study of the Angabahya literature.
4. Critique of the commentaries on Jain literature.
5. Study of Digambara canonical literature.
6. Comparative study of Jain canonical literature with Buddhist and Hindu sacred literature.
7. Subhashitas gleaned from the Jain scriptures.

 

This is a great work, an extremely important companion for the student of Jainism. The book ought to be part of each and every university, department and temple library.

 

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