________________
272
pupils used their influence at Court not only for the Jain community but also for humanity at large.
Hiravijayasūri's sermons had good effect on: (i) the king of Sirobi who repealed heavy taxes and probibited the destruction of creatures throughout his state; and (ii) Khan Mahamadkban of Uns who became a vegetarian, 1784
When Hiravijayasūri returned to Gujarata, his. pupils Santichandra, Vijayasena and Bhānuchandra continued to instruct Akbar in Jainism. The Jain monks "secured his ( Akbar's ) assent to their dootrines so far that he was reputed to have been converted to Jainism." Even Fr. Pinheiro, a Portuguese, believed that Akbar" follows the sect of the Jainā (Vertei ).” Akbar, however, had not embraced Jainism, but had cultivated very great regard for its principles, and had per formed many pious and religious deeds at the suggestion of his Jain teachers.179
In A. D. 1586–7, Hira vijayasuri loft Agra for Gujaráta. In A. D. 1593-4, he made a
(178 A ) Ibid, pp. 548, 553.
(179 ) Vincent Smith, Akbar, p. 262; Surisvara and Samrat, p. 168. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
