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to abide by the advice of Vijayasena Sūri. The next day in the evening, he know that the time for Pratikramaņa had come.
After Pratikramaņa, he sat in meditation and passed away quietly.
Akbar donated 22 Bighas of land for his memorial. Ladakībai of Diu built a Stūpa and established Pādukās. Vijayasena Sūri arrived 15 days after the Sāmādhi (Kāla Dharma ) of his Guru and assumed the leadership of his Gaccha. : The poet prays pārśvānatha · Victory' to his poem Hīrā Saubhāgya Kāvya. Thus the epic starts with a mangalācaraṇa in praise of Pārśva and concludes with a prayer unto him.
HIRA-SAUBHĀGYAM AS AN EPIC POEM
Hīra-saubhāgyam (HS.) is a historical epic poem. A reference to the biographical sketch of Hīra-Vijaya Sūri (HV) will show that HV played a historic role for his community through his religious influence over Akbar. In fact the imperial conferment of the title Jagadguru on HV inspired the poet to write this ornate epic on him1. but the selection of a sign197 hero instead of a state hero (like Dāsarathi Rāma ) has modified the nature of this epic and transformed it in to a religious saga, as no wars, Svayamvaras and other flamboyant incidents of royal life have any scope in the life
1. तस्य. साहिश्रीमदकब्बरनरपतिप्रदत्तजगद्गुरुबिरुदतया जगति विख्यातिभाजो व्रतिनां alya1f75562 SATA ĪPATEIT TH #lēj afá ar aalla i Com. on HS. I. 5
