________________
34
INTRODUCTION
and Vỉddhavādi along with lives of other ancient seers. This life has been revised by Pradyumna Sūri. The life of Divā kara is the eighth in the series."
(0) Comparison of all the Prabandhas.
In the prose composition which is found in the Kathāvali about the life of Siddhasena the following are the four main incidents :--
1. The King received the benediction of Dharmalābha from Divā kara in reply to his salutation and gave him a crore of gold coins.
2. Divākara contemplated the translation of Jaina scriptures from Prāk’ta into Saṁsksta. This was considered as a grave sin by the Sangha and he was penalised to take the Päräñcika Prāyaścitta.
3. Divā kara in his disguise went to the temple of Kudangeswara and prayed to God with his Dwatrimśikas, On that occasion the image of Pārswanātha emerged from the Sivalinga.
4. Divākara on his religious tour went to the Deccan and died there.
In the fragmentary verse compositions referred to above the first three ont of these four incidents appear as they are in the prose composition but in addition to them three more incidents are mentioned :
1. Siddhasena entered into a controversy with Vrddhavādi, was completely defeated in it and had to accept the discipleship of VỊddhavādi.
2. A certain king was in calamity on account of a foreign invasion. Divā kara helped the king with men
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
