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After receiving these blessings, he returned to his Guru who was extremely pleased to hear what had happened on the way. Not only in the literary field did the Muni progress but he also developed himself in the spiritual field.
He developed his inborn virtues like fraternity, charity, compassion, equanimity etc. He was totally devoted to his guru Acharya Devchandrasoori. In a short time, Muni Somchandra was considered as a learned pandit and scholar all over India. The Acharya, was pleased with the progress of his disciple, and why not? It was he who had seen the hidden light in this rare jewel.
Now Muni Somchandra had become mature in his studies, his understanding, character, thinking etc. as a result of which he was elevated to the position of 'Acharya', the highest religious position in Jainism, in Vikram Samvat 1166(A.D. 1110) on Vaishakh Shukla third day, popularly Known as 'Akshay-Tritiya', at the young age of 21, within a Deeksha period of only 12 years. His name was again changed to 'Acharya Hemchandrasoori' and since then he is known by that
name.
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