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Kavyanusasana
initiation, however, there is some discrepancy. According to the injunction of the Jaina Şāstras, no person who has not completed his eighth year is legible for initiation into the Jaina holy order. We find that the P. C., the P. P. S., the Pra. Kosa and the K-Prabandha * say that when Hemachandra was initiated, he was about eight years old. The K-Prabandha gives the date of initiation as V. S. 1154-A. D. 1098 (p. 12). This seems to be correct. The discrepancy between the Pra. Cha. and the later accounts is easily explicable; and the K-Prabandha in a sense has done this. Devachandrasūri must have come to Dhandhukā in V. S. 1150, when his eyes were, first, cast on the boy Changadeva and his own formal consent also must have been taken at that time. Considerable time, however, must have elapsed before the necessary permission was obtained from his father Chachcha. We learn from the P. C. that Changadeva came with Devachandra to Karṇāvati and was brought up with the sons of the minister Udayana-one of whom must be Bāhada or Vāgbhata. After the father was appeased and satisfied, he gave his consent. According to the P. C., it was Chachha or Chāchiga, as it calls him, who performed the festival of initiation. This should be taken to mean that he was satisfied and must have been present on the occasion. It is likely that the invitations were also issued in his name. Somaprabha does not give the name of Udayana as the person who was responsible for the festive occasion; but later works give his name. This probably means that Udayana, who in V.S. 1154-A. D. 1098 must have been the officer in charge of Cambay must have paid all the expenses. According to the P. C.
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