Nirvana Kanda
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Tonks of 20 Tirthankaras at Samet Shikhar | |
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Author | Acharya Kundakunda |
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Nirvana Kanda is an ancient Prakrit Jain composition that describes the sacred sites where Jain sages have attained Nirvana[1] It is also termed Nirvana Bhakti.
In inscription of 13th century that describes the construction of the Kirti Stambha at Chittor gives 10 shlokas that give a rendering in Sanskrit.[2] A Hindi rendering Nirvana Kanda Bhasha was composed by Bhaiya Bhagvatidaas in Samvat 1741.
It is popularly recited on many occasions.[3]
Author
It is traditionally attributed to Acharya Kundakunda who is regarded to be the author of several Prakrit texts like Samayasar.
Contents
The text include:
- Nirvana sites of 24 tirthankaras (Ashtapad Mount, Champapuri, Girnar, Pawapuri and Samet Shikhar)
अट्ठावयम्मि उसहो, चम्पाए वासुपुज्ज जिणणाहो, उज्जन्ते णेमिजिणो, पावाए णिब्बुदो महावीरो ||१|| वीसम तु जिणवरिंदा, अमरासुर वन्दिंदा धुदकिलेसा, सम्मेदे गिरि सिहरे णिव्वाण गया, णमो तेसिं ||२||
"On Ashtapad Lord Rishabha, at Champa Lord Vasupujya, On Urjayant (Girnar) Lord Nemi, and at Pava Lord Mahavir attained nirvana.||
And the rest 20 Lord Jinas, worshipped by the gods, entered Nirvana at the top of mount Sammed, "namo" to them."||
The words "अट्ठावयम्मि उसहो" also occur in Tiloyapannatti.
- Nirvana sites of other Kevalias including Shatrunjaya
See also
References
- ↑ Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History, John Cort, Oxford University Press, 2010, p. 134
- ↑ jain Shilalekh Samgrah, Part V, Bharatiya Jnanapitha, 1971, p. 69
- ↑ भगवान महावीर को चढ़ाया निर्वाण लाडू, Bhaskar News Network, Nov 14, 2015, निर्वाण काण्ड के बाद निर्वाण लाडू चढ़ाया गया