Tulsi Prajna 2005 04

SR No.: 524623
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 2005
Total Pages: 122
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 6 MB

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of the slaughter of cows, bulls, she-buffaloes and he-buffaloes, and of repealing the unedifying law which empowered the State to confiscate the property of those persons who died heir-less, and of capturing prisoners as hostages. Convinced of the harmful nature of these things, the Emperor issued farmāns prohibiting al these things.
At the instance of the Emperor, the Sūri conferred the title “Upādhyāya" upon Bhānucandra. On this occasion, Abul Fazl gave 600 Rupees and horses in charity. Pleased with Sūri's ability to score success over Brāhmins in the debates at the Court, the Emperor conferred on him the title "Savăi Hīravijaya Sūri' (i.e. in a way superior to even HīraVijaya Sūri). He spent two monsoons at Lāhore. When he departed for Gujarāt, imperial firmāns about the prohibition of animal-slaughter, confiscation of property, and the capture of prisoners were presented to him. He started for Gujarāt in 1596 A.D. By the end of that year, HīraVijaya Sūri died at Unā in Kāthiāwar. [A detailed account of Vijaya Sena Sūri will be found in:- “Vijaya-praścsti Kāvya"a work in Sanskrit which is virtually his biography; 6th Chapter of “Vijayadeva-Sūri-Māhātmyam”; inscriptions of S.Y. 1656 (No. 454 Jinavijaya II), S.Y. 1659 and 1661. (Nos. 913 and 1121 Buddhi. II), S.Y. 1662 and 1664 (Nos. 511 and 512, Jina. II), S. Y. 1666 (No. 406, Buddhi. II)].
All the five Jaina teachers mentioned above belonged to Jaina Svetāmbara Tapā Gaccha and hailed from Gujarāt. For them the readers are referred to C's article “Hiravijaya Suri or the Jains at the Court of Akbar' and V. Smith's article 'Jain Teachers of Akbar' and his book 'Akbar the Great Mughal' One prominent Jaina teacher with whom Akbar came into contact, was a member of the Jain Svetāmbara Kharatara Gaccha. His name was Jinacandra Sūri. European scholars do not seem to have taken any notice of him. That is all the more reason why we shall dwell upon him along with his pupil at some length below. 6-7. Jinacandra Sūri and Jinasimha Sūri
In 1591 A.D. Akbar was at Lahore. There he heard that Jinacandra Sūri was also a great Jaina teacher. So he called Mantri Karmacandra, a lay member of the Kharatara Gaccha and asked him everything about the preceptor. An imperial firmān was given to him inviting the holy man to the Court. The Sūri received the firmān at Cambay. He immediately started. At Jālor, he passed the monsoon. In Māgsar of S.Y. 1648, (November 1591 A.D.), he started for Lāhore and reached it on the 12th day of the bright half of Făgan of S.Y. 1648 (Monday 14th February 1592 A.D.). It
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