Jain Legend Vol 3

SR No.: 007596
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana
Publication Year: 2011
Total Pages: 237
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 2 MB

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composed Brahams tra bh ya, Gt bh ya and Upni ada bh ya based on ‘Prasth natray’. Alongwith three mah bh ya, he also composed four other bh ya, 11 stotra, 39 prakara a for the benefit of commoners to learn and admire the Brahm dvaita doctrine. In bh yas, he refuted doctrines of Jains, Buddhists M m msakas and other similar religions to establish supremacy of Brahm dvaita doctrine.
Further he decided to take an all India victory march to refute the propaganda and doctrines of all religions other non Vedic religion and establish supremacy of Vedic religion and his doctrine of Advaitav da.
In the beginning he had scriptural debates with Mamana Mi ra. It is important to detail the reason why he went to Mamana Mi ra first.
After composing Brahmas tra bh ya, amkar c rya thought, 'It will be ideal if someone can write a v rtika on this bh ya. He had heard of the profound praises of Kum rilla Bha a and his expertise in writing bh ya. By writing two v rtikas on 'S bara bh ya’ namely lokav rtika and Tamtrav rtika, He had created an unparallel impact on scholars of the country. amkara therefore was aroused with strong desire to get the benefit of great experience and knowledge of Kum rilla Bha a. He alongwith his disciples went to banks of Trive i. He was extremely pained to know that Kum rilla Bha a is burning his body in the fire of fodders. He immediately went to see Kum rilla Bha a and saw that the lower part of his body was burning in fire. He also saw a very auspicious aura on his (Kum rilla's) face alongwith tranquillity. Kum rilla Bha a had earlier heard of the exemplary and unbeatable scholarship of
amkara. He asked his disciples to worship amkara. amkar c rya presented his bh ya to Kum rilla Bha a. Kum rilla Bha a expressed his extreme happiness and regard to see the same and said, 'I have taken the vow to die in the fire of fodders otherwise I would have definitely written v rtika on this'.
On being asked by amkar c rya as to the cause of this death in fodder fire, Kum rilla Bha a said, 'I have committed two great sins. One is to disgrace the Buddhist guru Dharma P la as per the terms of the scriptural debates became a cause of death in fodder fire. The other sin I committed is to refute God at many places to protect the doctrine of Jaimin. I have full faith in God. In fact the foremost objective of M m ms is to show
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