Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra

by Helen M. Johnson | 1931 | 742,503 words

This is the English translation of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Charita (literally “The lives of the sixty-three illustrious People”), a Sanskrit epic poem written by Hemachandra in the twelfth century. The work relates the history and legends of important figures in the Jain faith. These 63 persons include: the twenty four tirthankaras , the t...

Tattva 3: Puṇya (merit)

  1. Sātavedanīya.
  2. Uccagotra.
  3. Manuṣyagati.
  4. Manuṣyānupūrvī.
  5. Devagati.
  6. Devānupūrvī.
  7. Pañcendriyajāti.
  8. Audārika-śarira.
  9. Vaikriya-śarira.
  10. Āhāraka-śarira.
  11. Taijasa-śarira.
  12. Kārmaṇa-śarira.
  13. Audārika-upāṅga.
  14. Vaikriya-upāṅga.
  15. Āhāraka-upāṅga.
  16. Vajraṛṣabhanārāca-saṃhanana.
  17. Samacaturasra-saṃsthāna.
  18. Śubha-varṇa.
  19. Śubha-gandha.
  20. Śubha-rasa.
  21. Śubha-sparśa.
  22. Agurulaghu.
  23. Parāghāta.
  24. Ucchvāsa.
  25. Ātapa.
  26. Uddyota.
  27. Śubhavihāyogati.
  28. Nirmāṇa.
  29. Trasa.
  30. Bādara.
  31. Paryāpta.
  32. Pratyeka.
  33. Sthira.
  34. Śubha.
  35. Saubhāgya.
  36. Susvara.
  37. Ādeya.
  38. Yaśaḥkīrti.
  39. Tīrthaṅkara.
  40. Devāyuṣya.
  41. Manuṣyāyuṣya.
  42. Tiryañcāyuṣya.

See: Pravacanasāroddhāra 1283-86, p. 369.

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