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(Bimbisāra) and that emperor also restored Śtruñjaya to the Jains. The epigraph further informs us that Akbar also established a Jain library (paustakam bhāṁdagäram). Afterwards, according to other authorities, Akbar prohibited the destruction of lives on some specified dates..2 It was even commonly believed, by some contemporaries, that Akbar himself became a Jainos, although it is not exactly correct. The inscription on Satruñjaya, mentioned above, records, the fact that Akbar abolished Jaziya. Among other Jain saints, who was honoured by Akbar, we may mention Hiravijaya's successor and disciple Vijayasena, who according to the above-mentioned Satruñjaya epigraph, was invited by Akbar to Lābhapura (Lahore) and also received a farmån from that emperor, which forbade the killing of animals. Another prominent pupil of Hiravijaya, viz. Bbānucandra was in the good books of Akbar, and succeeded in persuading that emperor to repeal the pilgrim tax on the holy Šatruñjaya hill.86. Another pupil of Hiravijaya, viz. śānticandra, composed his Krpārasakošao, which mentions some of the good deeds of Akbar in 128 verses. It was composed before V.S. 1648. A contemporary work viz. Jagadgurukavya 8, in 233 verses, was composed in V.S. 1646 by Padmasagara of the same Tapā gaccha. It also gives an account of Hiravijaya's life, who got the title of Jagadguru from Akbar before V.S. 1641. This is also confirmed by an inscription of V.S. 1647 from Rānapura, in the Marwar area of Rajasthan, which mentions expressly his biruda Jagadguru, given by Pātasaha Akabara.
Numerous inscriptions from Gujarat, Rajasthan and even U. P., mention Hiravijaya, and his disciples and associates, which suggest that he was a tireless and dedicated saint, who never tried to sit on his own laurels.
It should, however, be noted that the Digambara Padmasundara who died in V.S. 1639, was honoured by Akbar, even before Hiravijaya. One of his spiritual predecessors, Ānandameru, was honoured by kings like
