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their learning, he invited many of them to his assembly of the learned and treated them as bis personal friends. Among his learned friends, was Viráchārya, a Jain nionk.
According to the Prabhāvakacharita, Jayasinha, in the course of a friendly conversation, told Virācbārya that the greatness of the learned depended upon royal patronage. Virácbárya's selfrespect was wounded and so he went to Pali in Mārwär. Jayasimba repented for his conduct and requested the Sūri to return to his capital. Viráchárga did so after an extensive tour in different parts of India, in course of which he defeated several dialecticians-especially Buddhists. He was, moreover, highly honoured by the king of Gwalior. 21
A dialectician of the Saukhya school named Vadisimha paid a visit to Anahilapura and challenged the learned men of the city to meet him in a public debate. Jayasinha, who was very jealous of the honour of his kingdom in matters of learning, approached Virácbárya's guru, who
sent Virācharya to fight him. The Jain Acharya . is also said to have defeated one Kamalakirti, & Digambara dialectician.22 Another learned Jain monk who, at times, attended Siddharāja's ass.
21 Prabhavakacharita, pp. 264–6. 22 Ibid, pp. 266-7. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com