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spreading fragrance all round his immortal name, Péthaợa left this world of mortals.
47 Śrî Somaprabha Sūri il. Birth V. S. 1310 . Initiation V. S 1321 Ācārya-ship V. S. 1332 : Demise V. S 1373 : Life-time 03 years.
Sri Somaprabha Sūri was, the forty-seventh Pattadhara in the line of Sri Dharmaghosa Sūri. He was very learned and was well-versed in the sacred books. He had all the eleven subsidiary lores, with their suitable sense, at the tip of his tongue. He was a man of excellent moral character When his preceptor Dharmaghosa, Sûri considering his ability, wished to hand over to him a booklet of sacred formulas, Somaprabha Sūri declined to accept it, declaring that knowledge acquired through proper scriptural instructions was the real booklet of the formulas and that therefore he did not stand in need of any other mantra-pustikā. Consequently, in the absence of any other proper receptacle, the booklet had to be left in waters.
He was intent on purity of actions too, and therefore, out of fear of agony of the water-bodied beings in the country of Jalakupkana, as also, due to the absence of pure and life-less water in the land of Marudhara, ( Märwār ) he prohibited moving about of the ascetics in those two countries.
He was versed also in the science of astrology. While he stayed at Bhimapalli* during a Câturmāsa, thorugh his knowledge of astrology, he could learn that in an immediate future, Palli would be destroyed. In that year, there were two Karttika months, and in accordance with the rules of conduct, one should not
Modern Bhiladî, some 8 košas away from Deesa Camd.
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