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Mantrikas Subsequent to 1080 Vikrama era.
TV JE shall now make a few observations on the lives of the various
W Māntrikas mentioned above, referring specially to their magical powers and miraculous achievements.
SRI ABHAYADEVASŪRI Srī Abhayadevasūri is the famous Achārya who has commented on nine out of the eleven Angas-Jain sacred scriptures. His parents were Mahidhara and Dhanadevī of Dhārā. He was initiated by Sri Jinesvarasūrī already mentioned. Achāryaship was conferred on him at the age of 16 years about 1088 Vikram era. The nine commentaries on the nine Angas mentioned above were written by him at the instance of Sãsanadevi who as the legend goes made a present of one of her ornaments bedecked with jewels to provide moneys for making the first copies of the nine commantaries. He also wrote a Bhāşyagloss on his preceptor's work 'Şațsthānaka' and Sangrahani on the 3rd Pada of Prajñāpanā and commentaries on Upānga Uvavāi and Haribhadrasūri's Pañcāsaka. He also wrote Āgama-Astottari and ArādhanāKulaka. Srī Abhayadevasūri's health was greatly impaired by the continuous strain of writing the voluminous commentaries and when he went to Dholkā after completing them he suffered from a skin disease. He was, however, cured of the same by Dharanendra. Thereafter being directed by Dharanendra, he went guided by a goddess in white to a place on the bank of the river Sedhika-near modern Cambay and discovered the idol of Sri Pārsvanātha by reciting the Jayatihuaņa hymn composed by him extempore. It is said that the last two verses of the hymn havin special magical effect were kept secret at the instance of the presiding deity Dharanendra. The idol is known as Sri Stambhana Parsvanātha and the place Stambhanapura, (modern Thāmbhana) a village near Cambay, The supervision of the construction of the temple of Sri Stambhana Parsvanātha was entrusted to Sri Amreśvara, a pupil of Mallavādi of Mehsäņā, and he was paid one Dramma (a silver coin) per day as remu
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