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remarked to Yashovijayaji's mother that she must have had to observe a fast the previous day. The mother replied in the negative and related how well her son performed the Guru's task Hearing this the Guru was spell-bound and thought it would be a great thing for the Jain religion to secure such a man as one of the congregation of Sadhus. The Guru gently asked of her to dedicate her son, so that she would earn merit of great order. The mother consented and Yashovijaya was initiated into the fold of Sudhus by Nayavijayaji. In the same way, it is related of him that his mother could perform her ' Praticramana' (a daily or periodical ceremonial wherein confessions of sins are made and the same atoned for by a Jaina) on his repeating the Praticramana Sutra word by word.
Yashovijayaji now becomes an ascetic-pupil of NayavijayajiLet us make an acquaintance before we go further with Nayavijayaji. He and his fellow-pupil Jitavijaya were deciples of Labhvijayaji a pupil of Kalyap vijayaji. Kalyanvijayaji and Kirtivijayaji-the Guru of Vinayvijayaji to whom we shall have to refer just on the next page, were pupils of Shri Hiravijaya Suri the wel known Jain Sadhu (see No. 58 of the Tapa Gachha pattavali ) of Akbar's time. Hiravijayaji, memory of whose life is consecrated in the Mahakavya named 'Heer Saubhagya' has done a greatest service to Jainism, by having several commands issued by the Great Emperor Akbar in the favour of the Jains, such as all the Jain Tirthas were handed over to the Swetamber Jains, and no Hinsa-animal slaughter' was made in any part of India during the Pajusan and other Jain Holidays. Thus Yashovijaya traces bis lineage to the illustrious Hiravijaya Suri.
Yashovijayaji then studied from his Guru all the Jain scriptures, and got mastery over Jain philosophy. Subsequently he determined to study all other schools of philosophy, and to go to Benares, the city well known from ancient times for having
