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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Navakāramantra (नवकारमन्त्र) is the name of a mantra, according to the “Padmāvatī satī kī vāratā” (dealing with the lives of Jain female heroes, which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—This is not the story of the famous Padmāvatī, wife of king Dadhivāhana, who was carried away in the forest while she was expecting the birth of the future Karakaṇḍu and had to endure several adventures that were challenging for her as a spouse. This one was the wife of the merchant Guṇasāgara. She went abroad with him and met a Yogin who transformed her into an ugly person, etc. Jain signs in the story are: recitation of Navakāramantra, final account of explanatory previous birth by a monk.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Partial matches: Navakara, Mantra.

Full-text: Navakara, Gunasagara, Padmavati.

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