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notably under his direction and teaching. He was also the editot: of a bi-weekly paper, Jaina -Shâsana; and publisher of the Yashovijaya Jaina Sanskrit Granthamala. He was also active in promoting protection of animals. Indeed, Gurusevä mahāphala...... . .. ...! .. After he had performed admirably these duties as a layman for several years, he was initiated by Shri Vijaya Dharma Sûri in Udaipur in 1915. The ceremony was an outstanding one among his co-religionists. The rest of his life was that of a peripatetic monk, who also' was a scholar, The first caturmāsa after his initiation he spent with his guru in Pālitāņā and thereafter most of his life was spent in Western and Central India, much of it in his native Kathāwar. .. ..
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. : In the spring of 1922, Shri Vijaya Dharma Sûri and his group of disciples were in Indore and there I met Jain sādhus for the first time. I had the two handicaps of being a woman and a foreigner in addition to lack of experience with sadhus, but from the first I was impressed by the thoughtfulness and consideration as well as the scholarly assistance of these sādhus. At that time I was working on the Rauhiņeyacharitra and was interested in locating its manuscripts. Several were put at my disposal by the temple authorities in Baroda and Bhavnagar. This was in direct opposition to what I had been told by Mts. Sinclafr Stevenson. I had asked her. whom I should approach to obtain permission to use: Jaina manuscripts. She refused to give me any information whatever and added that she could not hold out any hope that I would be admitted to the temple libraries. This was a most peculiar statement in view of the extensive assistance:she herself had received from the Jains and it was entirely misleading. Fortunately, I ignored it. · From the time that the Jains, sādhus and
| SR No. | 023259 |
| Book Title | Holy Abu |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Jayantvijay |
| Publisher | Yashovijay Jain Granthmala |
| Publication Year | 1954 |
| Total Pages | 380 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 14 MB |