Purusharthsiddhyupay English

SR No.: 001105
Original Sutra Author: Amrutchandracharya
Author: Ajit Prasad
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1933
Total Pages: 160
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English, Ethics, & Principle
File Size: 11 MB

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( 28 ) Behar. He also adopted the vows of a Jain saint at the feet of Bhadra Bahu Swami and performed austerities of the order. This is proved to demonstration by the rock inscriptions at Shravana Belgola in Mysore.
Chámunda Raya was a brave General and a great minister of the Jaina King, Ráyamalla, who reigned in the tenth century and belonged to the Ganga dynasty ; the ancestors of which dynasty ruled at Ayodhia, and were descended from the ancient Ikshwaku family, founded by Rishabha-deva, the first Tirthankara. He belonged to the clan of Brahma Kshatriya. He won many battles, and received many titles, such as समर धुरन्धर, “ the Leader in battle," वीर मार्तण्ड “the Sun among the brave," T S fat “a Great lion in battle," aris 97T"Sceptre of death for the host of enemies," aldiz, “The Sun among the powerful-armed,” FHT TITA“ Parashurama in battle." He was a great scholar also. He wrote a commentary on Gommatsara in the Canarese language in presence of the author Shri Nemi Chandra Siddhanta Chakravarti. He also composed Chámunda Ráya Purana in Canarese, and Charitra Sara, a treatise on the practices of ascetics, in Sans. krit. He took the vows of a layman from the Great Saint Ajilsena. The beautiful temple at Chandragiri, Shravana Belgola, district Hasan, Mysore, was constructed by him.
King Kharvel of the dynasty of Mahà-Meghá-Váhan was also a good Jain monarch, who ascended the throne in his 16th year. His victories and his charities are recorded in the rock inscription at Hathi Gupha near Bhuvaneshwar, Orissa Province.
The Parmar and Solanki Rajputs of Osia, near Jodhpur were converted to Jainism some 2,400 years ago.
Maharaj Kumárpála of Anhilpur, Patan, Gujrat, was also a Jain monarch, a devout disciple of Shri Hem Chandra Acharya. His territories extended up to Kolhapur in the south, Kashmir in the north, Magadha in the east and Sindh in the west. In Pátan, the capital of his kingdom, there were 1800 multi-millionaires. He was not only learned and boun.