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SUBSEQUENT MANTRIKAS: UPADHYAYA SRI MEGHAVIJAYA
ऐ कारजापवरमाप्य कवित्वविश्ववाछासुरमपगङ्गमभङ्गरङ्गम् । सूक्ते विकासकुसुमस्तव वीर शम्भारम्भोजयोचरणयोर्वितनोमि पूजाम् ॥
--न्याययाण्डनखाद्य
"Having obtained a boon, on the bank of the Ganges through the recital of 'Aim' (Mantra bīja sacred to Sarasvati), the veritable wishgranting tree for fulfilling the desire for poetic and scholastic powers, and which gives continuous joy, I offer worship with full-blown flowers in the form of beautiful verses of praise to the feet of Sri Mahāvīra who is real Sambhu."
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“શારદ ! સાર દયા કરી આપે! વચન સુરંગ,
તું તૂડી મુઝ ઉપરે જાપ + કરત ઉપગંગ ૧
તર્ક કાવ્યના તેં તદ્દા દીધા વર અભિરામ,
ભાષા પણિ કારિ કલ્પતરુ શાખા સમ પરિણામ. ૨”—જંપુસ્વામિરાસ
He also wrote a small astrological work called Fala-fala-Pṛccha (Jain Sahitya-Samsodhaka Vol. III 2, pp. 162 to 165). He died at Dabhoi in 1743 and on Maha Sud 5th 1745 a Stupa-tope was constructed there as a memorial to him and his footprints were installed therein. It is interesting to note that a Siddhacakra Yantra in the temple of Sri Kalyāņa Parsvanatha at Vadacauta, Surat, which was installed according to the inscription thereon by Mahopadhyāya Sri Yasovijayagani of Sri Vijayadevasŭrigaccha and got prepared by Sri Fulbai daughter of Sri Nathibai on Poşa Sud 1st, Sunday and Puşya (asterism) s. y. 1737.
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UPADHYAYA ŚRI MEGHAVIJAYA
He flourished from about 1700 Vikrama era. He was a pupil of Krpavijaya who was fifth in the line of the famous Jagadguru Sri Hiravijayasuri. He was a grammarian, logician and poet and was also versed in astrology, palmistry and Mantrašastra. His knowledge of Mantrasastra can be gauged to an extent by perusal of his work on Visa-Yantra (Diagram of the number 20) which also describes
