Chicago Prashnottar

Author(s): Vijayanandsuri
Publisher: Atmanand Jain Pustak Pracharak Mandal

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Hindi. The important works are as follows:Tatvanirnaya Prâsâd (azafatlar), Jaina Tatwâdarsha (Šatas), Agnântimir-bhâsker (TamTHTHEFT), Samayktwa Shalyodhâr (HRTFOTONETT), and Chicago-Prasnottar (featīt ST).
Many Jain temples were built in the Punjab by his teaching. About 15000 persons were converted to Jainism by his strenuous efforts. Many Pathshalas and Libraries were established by him in the districts of the Punjab and in different other parts of the country.
Spending his life in doing good deeds he passed away from this world in Vikram year 1953, Jyesta Shukla 13, in Gujranwala (Punjab). The event of his death was mysterious. At midnight he got up from bed and sat in the posture of Padmâsana. He called his pupils before him and said to them 'Oh, Now I go, Arhan !
'Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us Foot prints on the sands of time.'
( Longfellow.)