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...
Invocation
Om! Homage to Sumatinātha, the source of extensive knowledge, a bridge for the crossing of the great ocean of boundless saṃsāra. By his favor his life, resembling a stream of water for the tree of happiness of people in saṃsāra who are capable of emancipation, will be related fittingly.