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Somasagara, and sheltered by Devaji, a Sthanakavasi Jain. Two innocent monks named Dharmasagara and Srutasagara were arrested by policemen and subsequently released after sound beating, because none of them was Hiravijayasūri. 164
In A. D. 1580-1, the suri went to Borsad where the Jains held many festivals. In A. D. 1582, he performed the pratistha when the image of Chandraprabhu was set up at Cambay by Sanghavi Udayakarana who had led the congregation to Abu, Chitoda and other places. From Cambay, Hiravijayasūri went to Gandhara164A
Akbar had heard much about the reputation of Hiravijayasūri, either from a Srāvikā named Champa or Itamadakhana and wanted to see him. He, there fore, called Bhanukalyana and Thanasingh Ramaji, the Jain leaders, and asked them to write a letter to Hiravijayasūri inviting him to Fatehpur Sikri. The Emperor, also, wrote a letter to Sihabuddin Ahmadkhan or Sihabakhana, Governor of Ahmedabad asking him to send Hiravijayasūri to Fatehpura Sikri with royal honours. The letters were sent by the runners Maundi and Kamāla.165
(164) and (164A.) Vidyavijaya, Loc. Cit., p. p. 31-4. (165) Jain Sahityano Itihas, p.p. 539-40; Vidyavijaya, Surisvar and Samrat, p.p. 78-80, 81-2.
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