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Smmän Vijaya Nemisärifvaraji in Vikrama Samvat 1992. The Diktā-procession was grand, and it was attended by numerous Muni Mahārājās, the gentry of Ahmedabad, and thousands of people. Some of his Medical friends especially Dr. Hirālāl K. Nanăvaty, Dr. Chhāyā and Dr. Bhogilāl P. Shāh, were very sorry. They wept bitterly at the separation.
Ever since bis Diksā, Muni Ratna Prabba Vijayaji has been carefully observing the rigid rules of an ascetic life, and he has been passing most of his time in reading various canonical works and in writing on religious subjects. He is always found busy either reading or writing.
It is interesting to note that there are five Dikšās in his family viz:1. Dr, Trikambbãi's elder brother, Gokaidās. He was an able
writer both in English and Gujarāti, and was conduoting a weekly paper named 'Jain Advocate in English for several years, written mostly by himself. In the latter part of his life, be took Diksā at the hands of Sāgan Samrāt Acārya Mahāraja Sriman Vijaya Ndmisūriśvaraji, and was admitted as Muni Subhadra Vijayaji,-one of his own disciples into his Order of Sādhus. Having spotlessly led a life of priesthood for eleven years, Muni Subhadra Vijayaji died at Abmerabad in Vikrama Samvat 1988. By his death, the Jaina
Community has lost an able and fearless writer. 2. His brother's daughter, Campābon, took Diksa as Campaks
riji when she was twenty-years old. She has five clever disciples under' ber. His brother's son, Amonbhāi, took Dikśā when he was eighteen years old at the bands of Sãsana Samrāt Acārya Mahārāja Srimān Vijaya Nomisūriśvaraji, and was admitted as Mokšānanda Vijayaji as a disciple of Pannyaga Soma
Vijayaji Gani. 4. Dr. Trikambhāi.
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