page_title: Bhaktamara Stotra
hierarchical_section_title: Bhaktamara Stotra
caption_attribution_description: English: Mantunga Acharya Shrine, Picture Taken by Piyush Jain
context_page_description: Bhaktamara Stotra is a famous Jain Sanskrit prayer. It was composed by Acharya Manatunga. The name Bhaktamara comes from a combination of two Sanskrit names, "Bhakta" and "Amar".
  The prayer praises Rishabhanatha, the first Tirthankara of Jainism in this time cycle. There are forty-eight verses in total. The last verse gives the name of the author Manatunga. Bhaktamar verses have been recited as a stotra, and sung as a stavan, somewhat interchangeably. Other Jain prayers have taken after these; additional verses here praise the omniscience of Adinatha, while devotionals are considered a source for lay understandings of Jain doctrine.
context_section_description: Bhaktamara Stotra is a famous Jain Sanskrit prayer. It was composed by Acharya Manatunga (seventh century CE). The name Bhaktamara comes from a combination of two Sanskrit names, "Bhakta" (Devotee) and "Amar" (Immortal).
  The prayer praises Rishabhanatha (adinath), the first Tirthankara of Jainism in this time cycle. There are forty-eight verses in total. The last verse gives the name of the author Manatunga. Bhaktamar verses have been recited as a stotra (prayer), and sung as a stavan (hymn), somewhat interchangeably. Other Jain prayers have taken after these (such as the Kalyānamandira stotra, devoted to the twenty-third tirthankara, and the Svayambhu stotra, to all twenty-four); additional verses here praise the omniscience of Adinatha, while devotionals are considered a source for lay understandings of Jain doctrine.
caption: Manatunga Acharya Shrine, at Bhojpur, Madhya Pradesh
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