Pramukh stotra Jain dharm me kuch mukhya (pramukh) stotra ya mantrayein hain. Neeche saral roop me dia gaya hai:
- Navkar Mantra (Namokar Mantra)
- Arth: Paach Parameshthon ko pranam. Arihanta, Siddha, Acharya, Upadhyaya, aur Sadhus (monks-nuns) ki gun-ganana ki jaati hai. Ye mantra dhyan aur vinamra bhavna ke saath japna ya sunna bahut labhakari mana jata hai.
- Digambar/Śvetāmbara dono me hi maana jata hai; pratisthit roop me sabhi param bhutan ki prashansa hoti hai.
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- Arth: Adinath (Rishabhanath) ki stuti me likha gaya ek prachin Sanskrit stotra. Digambar kehte hain ki is stotra ki 48 shloka (verses) hain, Śvetāmbarā ke anusar 44 shloka (kuch shlokon par antar-mat hote hain).
- Importance: bhakti ki shakti se manav ki bhavaras par niyantran aur moksh ki or agrasar hota hai.
- Digambar/Śvetāmbara dono is stotra ko apnaate hain, par sankhya me bhinnata hoti hai.
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(original text aur arth dono ke sandarbh me mil sakta hai)
- Arth: Parshvanath Tirthankara ki stuti me likha stotra. “Uvasaggaharam” ka arth hai “obstacles ko mitane wala” ya “dukh-daurat ko door karne wala”. Aacharya Bhadrabahu dwara rachit mana jata hai; bhakton ki sukh-samriddhi aur sankat-nivaran ke liye padha jata hai.
- Śvetāmbara/Digambara dono me is stotra ki upyogita aur mahima samaan hoti hai.
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- Arth: Rishabhadeva (Adinath) ki mahima me likha gaya stotra; bhakti ki bhav se jiv ko jinas ke prati aradhana-pratishtha milti hai. Digambar aur Śvetāmbara dono tradition is stotra ko apnaate hain; shlokon ki sankhya alag-alag rehti hai (Digambar: 48, Śvetāmbara: 44).
- Is stotra me Jina ki gunaon ki vyakhya aur bhakti ke tatva pradhan roop se vyakt kiye gaye hain.
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- Navagraha/Nava-smaraṇ ke antargat anya samvedya stotra (srajanik samanya stotra)
- Arth: Jain dharm me kai stotra hote hain jo paanch parameshthon (Navkar ke alawa) ya specific Tirthankara ki stuti me likhe gaye hain. Inka uddeshya shraddha, bhakti, aur samyak bhav ko badhana hota hai.
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- Ghantakarna Mahavir Stotra (kuch samudayon me bhakti ke roop me)
- Arth: Vaibhav aur suraksha ki ashirvaad ke liye gaya stotra; vishesh roop se Svetambar-dharma ke virasat me milta hai.
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Kya chahiye?
- Agar aap chahen to in stotraon ke asli shlok (text) ya unke arth (Digambar vs Śvetāmbara ki vyakhya) seedhe roop se pradan kar sakta/ sakti hoon.
- Ya phir aap batayein ki aap kis stotra ki jyada vistar se jankari chahte hain (text, arth, puja ke tariqe).
Note: Navkar Mantra sabse moolik aur sabse adhik mahatvapurn maana jata hai; iski vyakhya aur vyavahar dono dharohar me same hai. Bhaktamar, Uvasaggaharam, Bhaktāmara jaise stotraon ki sankhya aur vyakhya kuch paramparaon me alag hoti hai, isliye Digambar/Śvetāmbara ke anusar antar saaf roop se mila milta hai.
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