bhanuchandragani charit

SR No.: 002310
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Siddhichandra Upadhyay
Publisher: Jinshasan Aradhana Trust
Total Pages: 180
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 21 MB

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BHĀNUCANDRA CARITRA
11. Harsasāra.
He was a monk belonging to the Kbaratara Gaccha. He had once an interview with Akbar."
12. Jayasoma.
Jayasoma once scored a victory at a debate conducted at the Court of Akbar. 16 He was a member of Kharatara Gaccha and was invested with the title “Pathaka” on the 2nd of Fagan Slud, S. Y. 1649; The reader will remember that on the same day Akbar had conferred the title "Yuga-Pradhāna” on Jinacandra Sūri, and the title “ Ācārya” n Mānasimha at Lāhore. Both these also were members of the Kharatara Gaccha.
13. Sādhukirti.
In the presence of many learned men at the Court of Akbar, Sādhukirti vanquished a proud disputant, in a debate held on the subject of a Jaina religious ceremony, called "Pauşadba". Akbar, thereupon, conferred on him the title " Vadindra”.??
A. perusal of the foregoing pages will make it evident to the reader that many Jaina teachers both of Tapā and of Kharatara groups, attended constantly the Court of Akbar. Chief among them, persons who vastly influenced the mental and spiritual outlook of Akbar-Were Hiravijāya Sūri, Vijayasena Sūri and Bhānucandra Upadhyāya. All the three were members of the Tapā Gaccha. From S. Y. 1639 onwards some Jaina teachers or others stayed at his Court. Hiravijaya Sūri explained to him all the principal tenets of Jainism, and he always inspired the highest respect for himself. Since then, the Jainas exercised far greater influence upon his habits and mode of life than did the Jesuits. The tax levied on the pilgrims to the Satrunjaya Hill was abolished; all the Jaina holy places were placed under the control of the Jainas themselves. It was at the bidding of his Jaina teachers that Akbar gave up flesh-eating and prohibited the killing or encaging of birds and animals. (Vide p. 406, A Short History of Muslim Rule in India, 1st Ed. pp. 406-7 by Prof. Ishvarprasad ).
15 Vide a verse in the colophon of Sangrahani Balāvabodha by his papil Sivanidhāna a copy of which is in Bikaner Brhat Jnāna Bhandāra :
श्रीमदकब्बरसाहेर्मिलनाद् विस्तीर्णवर्णकीर्तिभरः। वाक्पतिवद् गुरुरिह सक्रियमुख्यो हर्षसारगणिः॥ 16 Vide verses in the colophon of Khanda-pras'asti Kāvya Vsttii, composed in 8. Y. 1641, by his
papil, Gupavinaya (No. 1182, Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts, R. A. Society, by Prof. Velankar). . Guņavinaya says at the end of his commentary on Jayasoma's Karmacandra Vamsa Prabandha composed in S. Y. 1656 :-"ft atyrui s-a-yfa57494 TART". For further particulars about Jayasoma, vide my "Short History of Jaina
Literature" paras 814, 863, 865, 896. 17 18 19 20 zeynt faci enfant get a reencari Arafat gaffectati
आविष्कृत्य च नित्यपौषधविधानेत्यक्षरं झागमे “वादीन्द्र" विरुदं नृपादचिराछेमे समं कोविदैः॥ - 47th - Verse of the colophon of CITAR TEYTOTIT alias france composed in S. Y. 1680 by Sādhukirti's pupil Sadhusundara (Pet. 5th report. 166-160).