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Shrutpanchami festival organized with pomp in Rajgriha
Shrut Panchami, the great festival of protection of rare Jain texts and scriptures, was celebrated with pomp...
Saraswati Bhawan (Rajgir/Nalanda) - 'Shrutapanchami' on the fifth day of Shukla Paksha, the senior month in Jainism. Mahaparva Acharya Mahaveerkirti Digambar Jain was celebrated with pomp in Saraswati Bhawan. According to the scriptures, on this day the darshan of Lord Mahavira was presented in written form for the first time. Earlier Lord Mahavira only preached and his chief disciple (Gandhar) used to explain it to everyone, as there was no tradition of recording Mahavira's speech then. He was remembered only by listening, that is why his name is 'Shrut'. Was. This day has special significance in Jainism. Jain scriptures were written for the first time on this day. The knowledge given by Lord Mahavir was kept alive by many Acharyas under the Shrut tradition. Dharsenacharya gave a theoretical lecture to Pushpadanta and Bhootabali sages in the Chandra cave of Girnar mountain in Gujarat, after listening to which the sages composed a book and presented it on Jyeshtha Shukla Panchami.
According to a legend, 2,000 years ago, the veteran Acharya Ratna Param Pujya 108 Saint Shri Dharsenacharya of Jainism suddenly realized that the knowledge of Jainism acquired by him was limited to his speech only. He thought that if the memory power of the disciples is low, the voice of knowledge will not survive, in such a situation, by taking my samadhi, the entire knowledge of Jainism will end. Will go Then Dharsenacharya performed ‘Shatkhandagam’ with the help of Pushpadanta and Bhootabali. The scripture was composed, this scripture contains many important information related to Jainism. It was presented on the Panchami of Jyestha Shukla. On this auspicious occasion, many deities chanted ‘Shatkhandagam’ was worshipped. Its biggest feature was that from this day the Shruta tradition was started in the form of scripted tradition. That book is known as ‘Shatkhandagam’ known as. Shrut from this day The tradition was started as a scriptural tradition, hence this day is known as Shrut Panchami. Its another name is ‘Prakrit Language Day’ There is also.
Librarian Ravi Kumar Jain told that - On date-24/05/2023 in Saraswati Bhavan Rajgir, all the people took out the ancient original scriptures written in ancient languages kept in the ancient library and museum on the first floor, from the Shastra Bhandar, Shastra- After cleaning the storehouses, wrapping them in new cloths to protect the oldest scriptures and worshiping these scriptures by sitting near *Shrutskanda Yantra*, because according to the scriptures, on this day they are worshiped by writing Jain scriptures. Because before that Jain knowledge was going on in oral form through Acharya tradition.
In the morning, all the Shravaks worshiped Jinvani Maa wearing traditional yellow clothes, along with unpublished rare books/ Took a resolution to keep the scriptures organized. In the evening, women and children all performed grand Mangal Aarti of Shrutskand Yantra and Maa Jinvani.