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usually into such intimate relations that the Achāryas commenced accepting emblems of royal honour such as palanquin, elephant, horse, chowries etc. They thus became lax in observing the rules of conduct for Sädhus. We would give concrete instances. We have already mentioned how it became a practice to give such presents when Acharyaship was conferred upon a Sadhu as recorded in Nirvāņakalikā of Pādaliptasûri. Padaliptasūri himself had come in intimate contact with king Murunda of Patliputra as also king Hāla or some other king of Sātavāhana Dynasty. He is also known to have possessed magical powers. A verse recording this fact is found in Nisītha Bhāșya:
जह जह पएसिणिं जाणुअंमि पालित्तओ भमाडेइ ।
तह तह सिसिरवियणा पणस्सइ मुरंडरायस्स ॥ He used to visit five Jaina Tirthas flying daily. He was a poet, a novelist(having written the first novel Tarangavatī), and knew astrology and other branches of Nimitta Sāstra (science of Divination). In Ga. tliāsaptasati are found several verses ascribed to him (Palitta). He composed 'Praśna Prakāsa', a work on astrological mode of answering questions as mentioned in Prabhāvakacaritra, the Prāksta commentary on Jyotişkarandaka (see p. 26 same work with Malayagiri's commentary), and commentary on Kālajnāna (i. e. knowing approach of death before hand). His only available work is Nirvānakalikā already described above. According to Kalpacūrni Padaliptasūri was a Vācaka. *
ŚRI KĀLAKÀCÀRYA Some time prior to Padaliptasūri flourished the famous Kāla. kācārya, who on abduction of his sister Sadhvi Sarasvati by king Gardabhilla deposed him with the aid of Persian princes. There have been other Kālakācāryas before and after him with whom we are not here concerned. The Kālakācārya who deposed king Gardabhilla is said to have learnt the science of Divination (Nimittasõstra) from Ajīvakas and
* See Introduction to Satkhaņdāgama p. 59 where the title 'Mahăvăcaka' is considered the highest.
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