Let us see two more sources which are the inscriptions found on rocks. But then again it is not seen in the earlier scriptures. Jains believe that the Namaskära mantra is eternal. The answers to these questions may not be found anywhere. The question is therefore: was the Namaskära Mantra composed quite late or is it true that the practice of writing the Namaskära mantra at the beginning of any sacred texts started quite late.? Therefore it seems that the tradition of writing the Namaskära Mantra at the beginning of any texts was developed quite late.
The manuscripts of theKalpa-sootra (which was penned in 453 AD3) are seen with the Namaskära Mantra at the beginning of the main texts. Even most manuscripts of the Nandisootra and the Anuyogadwär (composed after first century AD) also do not have the Namaskära Mantra at the beginning of the texts. The practice of writing the Namaskära Mantra at the beginning of any text must have been started after around the first century AD. A part of this mantra is seen at the beginning of the Bhagavati Sootra, but is not in the same form as is now generally accepted. The Digambara scriptures like the Samay Sär or the Niyam Sär do not have the Navkära Mantra at the beginning of the text. The text of the Tattvärtha Sootra does not have the Namaskära Mantra at the beginning and this was composed in the first century AD. The Acharänga Sootra and The Suyagdänga do not contain the Namaskära Mantra. It is noteworthy that the Namaskära Mantra is not found in earlier scriptures.
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