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to Udéyapura. He did installation ceremony of images of Tirthankaras in a new temple built by Jivă Jăvariā at great cost Hav. ing lived for two rainy seasons there, Ācārya Mahārāja went to Mârwär. At Nāgor Nagara, the Ācārya Maharāja appointed śrî Vijaya Ratna Sūri as his successor in V S. 1732, and having enlightened numerons individuals in the Right Path, Acârya Maharaja Śri Vijaya Prabha Sûri lived at Pātaņa in V S 1739 for the four months of the rainy season, at the request of the Sangha of Gujerat
Ācārya Mahārāja Vijaya Prabha, Sūri died at Unā in V. S. 1749.
Śri Vijaya Ratna Sūri Birth V. S. 1711
Suri Pada V. S 1732 Dikşà V. S. 1717
Bhattaraka V. S. 1750 Pannyāsa Pada V. S 1726.
Shã Hîrashā of Palanpur otherwise known as Jain Kåntipura, and his wife Hirādévi had three sons named | Nânji 2. Viraji and 3. Jetho.
Jétho was born in V. S. 1711. When Sanghvi Hirasha died in v. S. 1716, Hirā-dévi took her three sons to a pilgrimage to Satrunjaya-giri and Girnar
In V. S 1717. Hirâdévî along with her three sons, took Bhägavati Diksa from Ācārya Mahārāja Vijaya Prabha Sūri who was at Girnāra. The boys were named. Jnāna-vijaya 2. Vimalavijaya and 3. Jita-vijaya respectively.
Jita-vijaya was very intelligent. He was committing to memory 360 verses in one day. He was given Pannyasa Pada in in V. S 1726 He was given Sūri Pada ( status of an Ācārya ) at Någor on Sunday the sixth day of the dark half of the month of Māhā of V. S 1732 and he was named Vijaya Ratna Sūri
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