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ghoṣasuri in Mandavagadha spending a very large amount. He had an only son Zañzaņa who also was very religious and became famous for his charities.
INTRODUCTION
We shall now shortly describe Sri Dharmaghoṣasuri's miraculous achievements. In Prabhāsapāṭaņa by reciting a Mantric hymn he made the rising sea offer jewels to the Jain temple on its shore. There he made the old heretic Kapardi Yakṣa, who appeared before him attracted by his contemplation, accept the Jain faith and undertake the duty of protecting the idol of Sri Jina. Once he punished the women who sought through charmed food to adversely affect Jain Sadhus but let them off when they begged his pardon and prayed for mercy. He himself was once adversely influenced magically in the midst of his religious discourse at Vijapur(Gujarat) by female magicians of a different pursuasion who created obstruction in his throat with a view to affect his voice. They were thereupon paralysed and stuck to the ground, where they were seated, by the Acharya, and were let off only when they promised not to trouble any one of his followers. His most important Mantric bout was with a Yogi at Ujjain who would not allow any Jain Sadhus to remain there in peace for any length of time without creating various troubles for him. As was his wont, he threatened the disciples of Sri Dharmaghoṣasuri, when once they went to Ujjain along with their preceptor. They did not however pay heed to his threats and only informed their preceptor about them. Very soon the Yogi giving vent to his ire created swarms of ferocious rats in the Upasraya-the place for stay of the Sādhus. Śrī Dharmaghoṣasuri thereupon recited Mantras over an earthen pot, which was covered up with a piece of cloth, and the Yogi was compelled to come down there crying with excruciating pain. He asked to be forgiven for his malicious misdeeds and was let off on his promising not to trouble any Sadhus in future. Sri Dharmaghoṣasuri was once bitten by a snake and informed by his prophetic powers the Jain Sangha assembled there that a man with a bundle of fuels who would be entering the city-gate at a particular time would have in the bundle a medicinal herb which was an antidote and a positive
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