The Kalyanamandira Stotra is a Sanskrit devotional hymn addressed to Parshvanatha, the twenty-third Tirthankara, traditionally attributed to the Svetambara monk-scholar Siddhasena Divakara, though his exact dates are disputed and placed variously between the sixth and ninth centuries CE. It is closely paired in Jain devotional literature and recitation practice with the Bhaktamara Stotra to Rishabhanatha, sharing that hymn's verse form and its tradition of attributing miraculous protective power to correct recitation, and the two are frequently studied and printed together as companion pieces.
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Disputed
Origin PeriodThe Kalyanamandira Stotra is traditionally attributed to the Svetambara monk-scholar Siddhasena Divakara, but his exact dates are not settled in the scholarship, with proposals placing him variously between the sixth and ninth centuries CE, so the hymn's own origin period is bounded only by that same range. Paul Dundas's The Jains (Routledge, 2002) records the dispute over Siddhasena's dating as unresolved, consistent with the hymn's traditional pairing with the similarly structured Bhaktamara Stotra to Rishabhanatha in Jain devotional literature and recitation practice. 1 Paul Dundas's The Jains (Routledge, 2002) examined the traditional attribution of the Kalyanamandira Stotra to the Svetambara monk-scholar Siddhasena Divakara, weighing the proposals scholars have made for his dates, which range from the sixth to the ninth centuries CE. Finding no single proposal has displaced the others, Dundas records Siddhasena's dating, and with it the hymn's own origin period, as unresolved rather than fixed to any one century within that range. Practice
Who Performs ItAll adherents of the tradition 1 Shares its recitation practice with Bhaktamara Stotra. Solitary or CommunalPerformed alone or together 1 Shares its recitation practice with its companion hymn Bhaktamara Stotra. Form
Form of the TextDevotional hymn (stotra) in Sanskrit verse, recited individually and in group devotional settings. 2 Origins
Attributed Author / CompilerTraditionally attributed to Siddhasena Divakara; exact dates disputed (variously placed 6th to 9th century CE). 1 Use
What It Is Used For What It Is Used ForProtection against harm 1 Connections
Addressed To
A Sanskrit devotional hymn addressed to Parshvanatha, the twenty-third Tirthankara.
Source The JainsPaul Dundas
Associated With
This source names Rishabhanatha directly: "practice with the Bhaktamara Stotra to Rishabhanatha, sharing that hymn's verse form and its tradition of attributing miraculous protective power to correct recitation, and the two are frequently..."
Source The JainsPaul Dundas
This source names Svetambara directly: "traditionally attributed to the Svetambara monk-scholar Siddhasena Divakara, though his exact dates are disputed and placed variously between the sixth and ninth centuries CE."
Source The JainsPaul Dundas
Belongs to Tradition
Source The JainsPaul Dundas
Originates in Language
Its own text: "a Sanskrit devotional hymn addressed to Parshvanatha".
Source The JainsPaul Dundas
Sources
1. The Jains
Paul Dundas, Routledge, 2002on Jain devotional stotra literatureView the Source 2. The Jaina Path of Purification
Padmanabh S. Jaini, University of California Press, 1979on Jain devotional practiceView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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