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1 SIDDHASENA DIVAKARA
is said to have been ordered by the preceptor of Siddhasena.
With reference to the works composed by Divākara, as referred to in these five compositions we are going to offer some remarks furtheron in our reply to the seventh question (p. 47).
Making necessary subtractions and additions in the life of Siddhasena, as can be gathered from the abovementioned five works, we have composed a short life of Siddbasena Divakara which is as follows:
1. Vțddhavādi, though not superior to Divā kara in learning, was a ready-witted gentleman ; besides he was a man of serene temperament and one who had made supreme self-sacrifice. It was this fact which attracted Divākara to him though Divā kara himself was a man of great learning and a man of strong will. It was because of this intrinsic merit in Vrddhavādi that Divā kara became his disciple.
2. The religions tour of Divā kara extended from Ujjaina in the north to Paitbâna in the south in which Broach seems to occupy an important place.
3. There was a king of Ujjaina who bore the title of Vikramāditya and who had an intimate friendship with Siddhasena. Siddhasena avails himself of the intimacy with the king for his religious propaganda and for the protection of Jainism. Siddhasena in his turn protected the king by averting the calamity of foreign invasion to which the king was exposed .
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