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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and improve “Tilakamamjar' composed by Dhanapala. So nti Sri edited and improvised ‘Tilakamamjar '. Seeing the improvised version of
Tilakamamjar', King Bhoja became very happy and donated 12 lakh gold coins for the construction of Jain temples.
After unfurling the flag of Jainism in M law Prade a and decorated with the title ‘V di Vait la', nti S ri returned to P ana nagara in Gujarat.
On reaching Pana nagara, nti S ri heard from his disciple the episode of the Padama, son of a respectable Jinadeva being bitten by a snake and being buried in land. nti Sri went to the home of Jinadeva and asked him to show Padama bitten by the snake. They all went to the cremation ground and showed Padama after taking him out of the ditch dug to bury him. nti S ri remembered and recited the Amrita tattva and touched the body of Padama. By shear touch of nti S ri, the poison of snake bite was completely removed and Padama stood up immediately. Jinadeva's happiness had no bounds. This episode enhanced the influence of Jainism and nti S ri not only in Gujarat but in far off places as well.
Serving like this the cause of Jainism, in the end nti S ri anointed his three scholar disciples, namely, V ra S ri, labhadra S ri and Sarvadeva S ri as c ryas. Afterwards he proceeded towards Ujjaintagiri with a laity S da. On reaching Ujjaintagiri, he observed samllekhan with fasting for twenty five days and died on K rtika ukla 9th of Vikram 1096.
“Tap gaccha pa vali' in 'Prabh vaka caritra' has a somewhat different description of the above. "Tap gaccha pa vali' gives that nti Sri predicted in relation to the fall of Dhulakota in Vikram 1097 and had 700
rm la families taken out of the mouth of death. Later on in Vikram 111 he died in the village K noda.
c rya Ajja andi ( ryanandi) In Vikram 8th - 9th centuries, a great and influential c rya by the c rya Ajja andi ( ryanandi) existed. He rejuvenated almost the extinct Jainism in Tamil speaking land. In 7th century AD, Tiru J nasambandhara, Tiru Appara and other aiva saints in their quest to preach aiva religion,
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