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SUBSEQUENT MANTRIKAS SRI JINAPRABHASURI
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Pethad, Shah Sahaja and Thakkur Through his intercession hundreds of prisoners were released by the Sultan.
Once again about 1388 Vikrama era he was invited by the Sultan and he went from Devagiri to Delhi. The Sultan was much pleased to see him. He received him with great pleasure and kissed his hand. Sri Jinaprabhasūri thereafter stayed at a sarai which was built in 1389 by the Sultan near his palace. It was named after him as Bhaṭṭārakasarāi.
Once the Sultan started for Gujarat and camped under a large shady Banyan tree in the first stage of the march. The Sultan liked the tree very much. Śrī Jinaprabhasūri thereupon asked him whether he would like the tree to move along with him. The Sultan replied that he would be pleased if it did so. Sri Jinaprabhasuri thereupon made the tree move along with them for a considerable distance shading them from the heat of the sun. Then the Sultan requested the Acharya to send the tree back which he did.
He was wonderfully accurate in his prophecies, and consequently the Sultan was much pleased with him. *
Once the Sultan heard from Sri Jinaprabhasūri the miraculous qualities of 'Vijaya Yantra'. It was thereupon got prepared under the direction of Sri Jinaprabhasūri. It was found that the person or animal under the protection of 'Vijaya Yantra' was immune from every sort of harm or injury.
× Sri Jinaprabhasūri in his Siddhantågamastava (Kavyamālā, Pt. VII, p. 94) says: "यस्या भवन्त्यवितथा अद्याप्येकोन षोडशादेशाः ।
सा भगवती प्रसीदतु ममाङ्गविद्यानवद्यविधिसाध्या ||४१ || "
and at p. 119, Vidhiprapā in Angavijjāsiddhivihi he describes the rites incidental to the Sadhana of Angavijjā as taught by Saiddhantika Sri Vinayacandrasuri and says: "विहिणा पुण आराहिय एयं सिज्झत अवितहाएसो ।
छउमत्थो वि हु जायइ भुवणेसु जिणप्पभायरिओ || "
This shows his great faith in Angavidya for accurate predictions. Probably he himself might have employed Angavidya for the purpose.
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