Treasury of Jain Tales

SR No.: 006762
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: V M Kulkarni
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 468
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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and was brought up. In this way seducing him the prostitute brings him to Gilgamesch in the city, where she taught him the human art and the human ways. In the mediaeval ages of European tradition, an important trait of the animal is that he is very wild but as soon as he puts his head in the bosom of a virgin (Maria) he becomes quiet and is caught. (This article is now published in English under the title "Unicorn-Origin and Migration of Indian Legend" Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office Varanasi, 1973). Rsyasrnga was born of a gazzelle doe by a sage, see Tibetan Tales, The Story of Rsyasrnga - JCJ. This legend is based on Avaśyakacūrni, 563-65. Cf. Avasyakasutra with Niryukti and Haribhadra's Vrtti (part I, pp 432b - 434b). Karakandu's story is based on the Uttarä D. (p.132 - 1359). Karakandu is one of the four contemporary pratyekabuddhas or svayamsambuddhas (sahasambuddha in Prakrit) i.e., one of those enlightened sages or saints who get enlightenment (bodhi) - who attain the highest stage of knowledge an effort of thier own, not through regular instruction and religious discipline. The pratyekabuddhas do not preach the doctrine to others. The Tirthankaras are included among the svasambuddhas. Unlike the pratyekabuddhas they, however, preach and propagate the true doctrine among masses. The Jain tradition knows of the following four pratyekabudhhas as described in Uttarādhyayana. Ch XVIII, w 46-47 : Karakaidū kalimgesu pamcälesu ya dummuho/ Namirāyā videhesu gamdháresu ya naggai // Ee narindavasabhä nikkhamtā jinasāsane/ Putte rajje thaveunain sāmanne pajjuvatthiyā//