Dravya Sangraha

Author(s): Nemichandra Siddhant Chakravarti, Saratchandra Ghoshal
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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kingdom among his sons. Bharata had possession of a wonderful Chakra (discus), which could not be withstood by any warrior in fight. With the help of this Chakra, Bharata conquered the earth and returned to his capital. But the discus would not enter the capital (or, according to another account, the armoury). Bharata then took this as a sign that there was still another territory on earth which had not been conquered by him, and, after reflection, came to the conclusion that there was only the kingdom of Takşa-sila, ruled by his brother, Bhujavali, which had not been subdued by him. Bharata then declared war on his brother, Bhujavali, and in the terrible fight that followed, Bhujavali was victorious. Even the discus of Bharata could do no harm to Bhujavali. But Bhujavali, though victorious, suddenly became lost in meditation, thinking of the vanity of this world. Bharata made obeisance to Bhujavali and returned to his place; but Bhujavali went to the summit of Kailasa mountain, remained standing there (or, according to another account, stood on the very field of battle) in a statuesque posture for one year and "the creepers, wreathing round the boughs of the trees on the bank clung to his neck and crowned his head with their canopy and the blades of kusa-grass grew between his feet, and he became in appearance like an ant-hill.”+ Subsequently, Bhujavali cbtained absolute knowledge and became one of the Kevalis.
In an inscription, however, we read that Puru was the father of Vâhuvali or Bhujavali and Bharata. I Then the inscription goes on to say that “Bharata, the son of Puru Deva, surrounded by all the kings conquered by him, erected, in glee, an image, representing the victorious Vahuvali Kevali, which was 525 bows in height, near P... !. After a long time, innumerable Kukkuta-sarpa (dragons having the body of a fowl and the head and neck of a snake), terrifying the world, grew up in the place surrounding (the image of) that Jina, for which the image became known as Kukkutesvara."'S
* Vide Harivamsapuråņa by Jinasena, Chapter XI. For a slightly different account, see Kathakosa, translated by C. H. Tawney, pages 192-195.
| Vide The Katha-kośa or Treasury of Stories, translated by C. H. Tawney, pages 192-195.
" Inscription No. 85, Epigraphia Carnatica, V II, page 67.
8 "धृत-जयबाहु-बाहुबलिकेवलि-रुपसमान-पञ्चविंशति-समुपेत