आदि पुराण

adi puran adi puran jainadharm ka ek prakhyat puran. harivansh puran ke rachayita jinasen adipuran ke karta se bhinn tatha bad ke haian, kyoanki jinasen svami ki stuti apane granth ke mangalashlok mean ki hai.achary jinasen (9vian shati) dvara pranit adi (pratham) tirthankar rrishabhadev tatha unake suyogy evan vikhyat putr bharat evan bahubali ke puny charit ke sath-sath bharatiy sanskriti tatha itihas ke mool srotoan evan vikas kram ko alokit karane vala anyatr mahattvapoorn puran granth hai. jain sanskriti evan itihas ke janane ke liye isaka adhyayan anivary hai. yah puran granth ke sath ek shreshth mahakavy bhi hai. vishay pratipadan ki drishti se yah dharmashastr, rajanitishastr, siddhantashastr aur arshagranth bhi mana gaya hai. manav sabhyata ki ady vyavastha ka pratipadak hone ke karan ise antarrashtriy khyati prapt hai. manav sabhyata ka vikas-kram, vibhinn samoohoan mean usaka vargikaran, dharm vishesh ke dharmik sanskar adi anek ayamoan ki isamean vishad roop se vivechana ki gee hai. sanskrit evan vibhinn bharatiy bhashaoan ke paravarti kaviyoan ke liye yah margadarshak raha hai. uttaravarti granthakaroan ne apane granthoan mean 'taduktan arshe' in mahattvapoorn shabdoan ke sath udaharan dete hue apane granthoan ki garima vriddhigat ki hai. vastav mean adi puran sanskrit sahity ka ek anupam granth hai. aisa koee vishay nahian hai jisaka isamean pratipadan n ho. yah yug ki ady vyavastha ko batalane vala mahanh itihas hai.

mahapuran

jainadharm ke anusar 63 mahapurush b de hi pratibhashali, dharmapravartak tatha charitrasanpann mane jate haian aur isilie ye "'shalakapurush'" ke nam se vikhyat haian. ye 24 tirthankar, 12 chakravarti, nau vasudev, nau prativasudev tatha nau baladev (ya balabhadr) haian. in shalakapurushoan ke jivanapratipadak granthoan ko shvetaanbar log 'charitr' tatha diganbar log '"puran"' kahate haian. achary jinasen ne in samagr mahapurushoan ki jivani kavyashaili mean sanskrit mean likhane ke vichar se is 'mahapuran' ka aranbh kiya, parantu granth ki samapti se pahale hi unaki mrityu ho gee. phalat: avashisht bhag ko unake shishy achary gunabhadr ne samapt kiya jo uttar puran nam se prasiddh hai. granth ke pratham bhag mean 48 parv aur 12 sahasr shlok haian jinamean ady tirthakar rrishabhanath ki jivani nibaddh hai aur isalie 'mahapuran' ka prathamardh 'adipuran' tatha uttarardh uttarapuran ke nam se vikhyat hai. adipuran ke bhi keval 42 parv poorn roop se tatha 43vean parv ke keval tin shlok achary jinasen ki rachana haian aur aantim parv (1620 shlok) gunabhadr ki kriti hai. is prakar adi puran ke 10,380 shlokoan ke karta jinasen svami haian. yah adipuran mahapuran ka poorv bhag hai. isase isaka doosara nam 'poorvapuran' bhi prasiddh hai.

puranakatha aur kathanayak

• mahapuran ke katha nayak mukhyataya pratham tirthankar adinath haian aur samanyataya trishashtishalaka purush haian. 24 tirthankar, 12 chakravarti, 9 narayan, 9 balabhadr aur 9 pratinarayan ye 63 shalaka purush kahalate haian. inamean se adipuran mean pratham tirthankar shri vrishabhadev aur unake putr pratham chakravarti bharat ka hi varnan hai. any shalakapurushoan ka varnan gunabhadrachary virachit uttarapuran mean hai. achary jinasen ne jis riti se pratham tirthankar aur bharat chakravarti ka varnan kiya hai, yadi vah jivit rahate aur usi riti se any kathanayakoan ka varnan karate to yah mahapuran sansar ke samast puranoan aur kavyoan mean mahanh hota.
• bhagavanh vrishabhadev is avasarpini (avanati) kal ke 24 tirthankaroan mean pratham tirthankar haian. tritiy kal ke ant mean jab bhogabhoomi ki vyavastha nasht ho chuki thi aur karmabhoomi ki rachana ka prarambh hone vala tha, us sandhi kal mean ayodhya ke antim kulakar-manu shri nabhiraj ke ghar unaki patni marudevi se inaka janm hua. ap janm se hi vilakshan pratibha ke dhari the. kalpavrikshoan ke nasht ho jane ke bad jab bina boye upajane vali dhan ka upajana bhi band ho gaya tab log bhookh-pyas se vyakul ho shri nabhiraj ke pas pahuanche. nabhiraj sharanagat logoan ko shri vrishabhadev ke pas le gaye. logoan ki karunadasha dekh unaki antaratma dravibhoot ho gayi. unhoanne avadhijnan se videh kshetr ki vyavastha janakar yahaan bhi bharatakshetr mean asi, mashi, krishi, vidya, vanijy, aur shilp-in shatkarmoan ka upadesh kar us yug ki vyavastha ko sukhadayak banaya.
• pita nabhiraj ke agrah se unhoanne kachchh evan mahakachchh rajaoan ki bahanoan yashasvati aur sunanda ke sath vivah kiya. unhean yashasvati se bharat adi sau putr tatha brahmi namak putri ki prapti huee aur sunanda se bahubali putr aur sundari namak putri ki upalabdhi huee. garhasth dharm ka nirvah kiya. jivan ke ant mean unhoanne pravrajya-grihatyag kar tapasya karate hue kaivaly prapt kiya tatha sansar-sagar se par karane vala paramarthik (mokshamarg ka) upadesh diya.
• tritiy kal mean jab tin varsh ath mah aur 15 din baki the, tab kailash parvat se nirvan prapt kiya. adipuran kavi ki aantim rachana hai. jinasen ka lagabhag sh.san. 770 (=848 ee.) mean svargavas hua. rashtrakoot naresh amoghavarsh (pratham) ka vah rajyakal tha. phalat: adipuran ki rachana ka kal navian shatabdi ka madhy bhag hai. yah granth kavy ki rochak shaili mean likha gaya hai.

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