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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Hari Bhadra S ri and wrote that Siddha i wrote the first v tti on the then popular scriptural text 'Upade am 1' by Dharma D sa ga i and started serving the Jain literature. Further Sid showed his 'Upade am 1 v tti' to his contemporary Udyotana S ri who is the author of Kuvalam 1 .
Encouraging his contemporary monk Siddha i belonging to the same guru, to write some original texts, Udyotana S ri said, 'It is no use to write on texts written by others. By writing texts such as 'samar icca kah, the author also becomes immortal.'
Encouraged by such suggestions, Siddha i composed “Upamiti bhava prapamca kath’, text of the highest standard of spiritual text. It is a jewel of Jain literary world and is full of study material for achieving the ultimate objective of spiritual purification and to be studied till the end. This episode of encouragement is not possible at present; still “Upamiti bhava prapamca kath' jewel of spiritual text crossed the limits of the scriptural knowledge of Siddha i. Siddha i's name became immortal in the annals of Jain literature.
At present the following four texts by c rya Siddha i are available:
Upamiti bhava prapamca kath Candra Keval caritra Upade am l vivara a Siddha Sena Ny y vat ra k
Out of these four compositions of Siddha i, “Upamiti bhava prapamca kath is of such a high standard spiritual text that it will have the flag of Siddha i's scholarly imminence keep flying as long as the influence of Jainism exists.
He was not a scholar of high eminence of Jainism but of other Indian philosophies such as M m m aka, Vai e ika, S mkhya and Bauddha as well.
c rya Gu a Bhadra
c rya Gu a Bhadra of Bha raka tradition's Pamcast p nvay Senaga a is also counted as one of the foremost composer of texts in his time. Following the footsteps of his teacher Jina Sena and his teacher
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