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if sincerely practised, load to salvation. It also throws light on the religious and ethical influence that Hemasūri exercised on Jayasimba.
To the stories of Prabbachandra and More utunga, Jinamandana adds two more. According to the first story, when the king expressed his desire to listen to a sermon, Hemasūri recommended to the king the common duties acceptable to all. According to the second story, Hemasūri taught the king, when the latter had the temple of Siva and Mabāvira built in Siddhapura, that the Tirthankara was superior to Siva.
The stories, quoted above, are quite right as to the manner in which Hemasūri behaved to wards the king. Hemasūri would have been invited to the court during the last few years of Jayasimba's reign. Undoubtedly, he would have endeavoured to shine out by his learning and smartness and he would have let no opportunity pass of saying a good word for his sect or for the equal rights of the non-Brahmin sects. At the same time, he will have taken care to emphasize those points in which the Jain doctrine coincides with Brahmanism.
Hemasūri was also a contemporary of the Chaulukya king Kumārapāla. We shall study his relations to Kumārapāla hereafter. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
