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being used for worship in Jain temples. The later Sadhus took all these as precedents and justification for their own laxity. They never cared however to take a lesson from his conduct in preferring death to taking food obtained through magic, but as mentioned in Avasyaka Niryukti vv. 1179–81 they preached that even Sādhus should worship Jain idols with flowers and other materials (i.e. perform Dravya-Pūjā) from the said example of Sri Vajraswāmi and that such worship was one of the causes leading to salvation. They thus defended their own laxity. It may be assumed that till Vajraswāmi there was no Caityavāsa,but extreme devotedness to Caityas does appear from his biography. He is credited with deciphering of the flying-lore, through his miraculous intellectual power, from 'Mahaparijnā-Adhyayana' of Sri Acārāngasūtra.* He is said to have incorporated 'Pancamangala Mahāśruta Skandha' i.e. the sacred Panca Parmesti Mantra (which was formerly an independent Sūtra) in Mülasūtras. It also appears as already stated that Sri Vajraswāmi separated Vardhamāna Vidyā from Sūrimantra.+ It appears from Sri Jinaprabhasūri's Vividha Tirthakalpa that Sri Vajraswāmi rearranged certain works extracted by Sri Bhadrabāhu from Kalpaprābhfta and also extracted others from Vijjāpāhuda which was a summary by Sri Bhadrabāhu from the 10th Pūrva. These are said to have been abridged by Sri Pādaliptasūri. All these facts go to show Vajraswami's great interest and proficiency in Vidyās and Mantras. It must also be reinembered that according to Svetambara tradition, he was the last Achārya versed in the ten Pūrvas, the tenth Pūrva being the Pūrva relating to Vidyās and
* जेणुद्धरिया विज्जा आगासगमा महापरिणाओ। वंदामि अज्जबइर अपच्छिमो जो सुयहराणं ॥ आवश्यक नियुक्ति, गा० ७६९ ॥ Sri Munisundarasūri praises Sri Vajraswāmi thus:
"या प्रज्ञा यच्च सौभाग्यं यः प्रभावश्च या मतिः।
श्रीमद्बज़गुरावासंस्तानि नान्यत्र विष्टपे॥ गुर्वावली. श्लो. २१ ॥ + Śri Candrasena Kşamāśramaņa, probably the grand pupil of Sri Vajraswāmi, a great Mântrika is considered by some to have done this.
