Adipurana: Sanskrit Text with English Translation
author: Shantilal Nagar
edition: 2011, Eastern Book Linkers
pages: 1288
ISBN-10: 9788178542027
Topic: Jainism
Chapter 46 - Stories of Earlier births of Jayakumara and Sulocana
This page describes Stories of Earlier births of Jayakumara and Sulocana which is the forty-sixth chapter located on page 1165 of the second volume in the book: Adipurana (Sanskrit Text with English Translation) by Shantilal Nagar. This book is the English translation of the Adi Purana which is an important piece of literature in Digambara Jainism and deals with the life story of lord Rishabhadeva and his ten incarnations while also providing a sketch of Jaina traditions, culture and history. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Stories of Earlier births of Jayakumara and Sulocana” according to 9 books dealing with Jainism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra [by Helen M. Johnson]
After some time had passed Haridasa died, and then they both wandered through several painful births. By performing some good deed, Bhavana s jiva became Purnamegha and Haridasa s jiva became Sulocana. The fatal hostility of Purnamegha and Sunetra which was created in this way in a former birth was a necessary consequence in this world, O King.” (* 1) I am inclined to think that the verb ‘samavasri really means that the whole business of the samavasarana took place....
Read full contents: Part 1: Origin of hostility between Purnamegha and Sulocana
Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study) [by Riddhi J. Shah]
In Jain scriptures there exist mentioning of total one hundred and five earlier births[_40_] of the twenty four trthankaras. But according to Prof. Sharma only five out of twenty four tirthankaras had more than two births before their lives as tirthankaras. The first tirhankara Rishabhadeva, sixteenth Shantinatha, twenty second Neminath (another name is Arishtanemi), twenty third Parshvanatha and twenty four Mahavirasvami took 12, 11, 8, 9 and 27 births respectively....
Read full contents: Appendix: Tirthankaras in Jainism—A Study
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) [by Vijay K. Jain]
And from the etymological meaning of the word, they are of one birth, that is, take human birth only once. Those who take two human births are called ‘dvicarama . They come down from Vijaya, etc. , and are born as men without any fall in their right belief (samyaktva). They practise restraint (samyama) as saints and are born again in Vijaya, etc. Finally, they are born as men and attain liberation (nirvana). Hence they are described as of two births....
Read full contents: Verse 4.26 - Two final births
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[Adipurana: Sanskrit Text with English Translation: index]
[About the author (Shantilal Nagar)]
[Preface (the Purana tradition)]
[Tradition of Translation of the early Sanskrit works]