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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Kurukullāstavana (कुरुकुल्लास्तवन) is the name of a work dealing with early teachers, Gods or Goddesses.—The Kurukullāstavana (in Sanskrit) is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—Kurukullā is a well-known deity in Buddhist tantra and attempts were made to introduce her in the Jain pantheon in the middle ages according to u.p. Shah, Jaina-Rūpa-Maṇḍana, 1987, p. 64. The end closes with a colophon phrase stating that this was the composition of Vādidevasūri. The editor quotes a Sanskrit story from a manuscript of the Upadeśasaptatikā by Somadharmagaṇi that was got to be printed by the Ātmasabhā. Kurukullā appeared one night and defeated a Yogi who had been oppressing people with snakes.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Partial matches: Kurukulla, Stavana.

Full-text: Kurukulla.

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