Jain Legend Vol 4

SR No.: 007597
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: 241
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 2 MB

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into the swamp of pervert beliefs and conduct will arrive onto the earth very shortly. On the 7" day from today a great influential, courageous and charismatic soul will enter into your womb. In due course he will turn out to be the founder and a great propagator of reformed path or scripture based holy path. Keeping the welfare of Jina Order in mind, I beseech you both now it, to entrust the son you would beget, to me".
The couple overwhelmed with joy replied in one voice, “o Lord! We are blessed. If Jina Order gets benefited because of our son, we do not long for any fate greater than this. From the depth of our hearts we give you our word that whenever you want or need our offspring, that very moment we will leave him under your charge.”
The same night Dedh Dev had a dream in which she saw Sevik Dev of Jina Order giving her a message, "O Pious Lady! When your first son attains the age of 5 years, surrender him at the feet of the Guru. You will be blessed with one more son who will continue your family lineage.”
On the seventh day of Dev 's prediction, Dedh Dev , dreamt that she drank cow's milk and that a pious great soul entered her womb. In due course Dedh Dev gave birth to a radiant son. As she drank cow's milk in her dream during her pregnancy, they named him 'Goduha Kum ra' (who later became famous as rya Rak ita Sri / Vijayacandra S ri).
Bh vas gara S ri gave the names of c ryas after Devarddhi ga i K am rama a, in sequential order and mentioned that Bada gaccha was found by Udhyotana S ri. He gave the list of successor pontiffs. Udyotana Sri was succeeded by Sarvadeva Sri. The names of successor pontiffs in chronological order are: Padmadeva Sri, Ubhayaprabha S ri, Prabh nanda S ri, Dharmacandra S ri, Suvinaya Candra S ri, Vijayaprabha Sri, Naracandra S ri, V racandra S ri and Jaya Simha S ri and then giving information about Vijayacandra, the successor pontiff and disciple of Jaya Simha S ri said that -
A minister Dro a of Pr gv lineage lived in a village called Damtr near Mount Abu. His wife's name is Dedh Dev . She gave birth to a son who was named as Vijayacandra. Vijayacandra, being averse from this world, happily took initiation into monkhood. He diligently studied scriptures from his Guru and in a short time became a scholar in them. In
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