Parshvabhyuday

SR No.: 001704
Original Sutra Author: Jinsenacharya
Author: M G Kothari
Publisher: Gulabchand Hirachand Doshi
Total Pages: 844
Language: Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Literature, & Mythology
File Size: 16 MB

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HIS CONTEMPORARY KING King Amoghavarşa was the contemporary of Acārya Jinasena and of Acārya Guṇabhadra, the desciple of Acārya Jinasena. He was the son of king Govinda III alias Jagattungadeva and was called Boddanarāya at home. Nộpatunga, sanda, Sarva, Atiśayadhavala, Viranārāyaṇa, Pệthvivallabha, Mahārājādhirāja, Laxmivallabha, Bhattāra and Paramabhattāraka were the titles assumed by him. He was very brave and lived a very long life and ruled for 63 years. According to historians he had come to the throne in 814 A. D. (the year 736 of the ś. saka era), and reigned up to 878 A. D. (the year 799 of the s. saka era). It is determined by some scholars that Ācārya Jinasena had expired in 843 A. D. (the year 765 of ihe ś. saka era). King Amoghavarşa had been on the throne when Acārya Jinasena had expired. He had renounced attachment to the worldly life and had abdicated his throne in 878 (the year 800 of the ś. Saka era), when Acārya Guņabhadra had been alive. On account of his exceeding munificence and his great attachment to administering justice to the people justified his reputation as Amoghavarşa. Read the following stanza —
अथिषु यथार्थतां यः समभीष्टफलाप्तिलब्धतोषेषु ।
वृद्धि निनाय परमाममोघवर्षाभिधानस्य ॥ [Copper-plate Ins.; Indian Antiquary, XII-181]
He had been very much devoted to Ācārya Jinasena. Read the following stanza of the Praśasti of the Uttarapurāņa –
यस्य प्रांशु नखांशुजालविसरद्धारान्तराविर्भवत्पादाम्भोजरजःपिशङगमुकुटप्रत्यग्ररत्नद्युतिः । संस्मर्ता स्वममोघवर्षनृपतिः पूतोऽहमोत्यलं
स श्रीमाञ्जिनसेनपूज्यभगवत्पादो जगन्मङगलम् ॥ ९॥ He had been very learned and used to patronize the learned. He had written a work, Praśnottaramālikā by name, in Sanskrt