Dvyasrayakavya

Author(s): Satyapal Narang
Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publisher's Pvt Ltd New Delhi

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Dvyāśrayakāvya Câciga', who was a merchant by occupation (Śreșțhin or Vyavahārin). His mother was called Cābini or Pāhiņī?. In his childhood, Hemacandra was named as Cargadeva. According to Merutunga, Cābipi saw a dream and recounted it to Devacand. rasűri, a monk. He predicted that her son would be a great Jain monk and a reformer. But according to the version of Rāja. Sekhara, Nemināga, a brother of cāhini introduced Cāngadeva to Devacandrasūri and related the account of the dream. Merutunga narrates that when Cāngadeva was eight years old, Deyacandrasūri came to Dhundhūka and saw the child. He was astonished at the significant marks of the child and predicted that the child would be a great man. Purātanaprabandha sangraha also follows the version of Merutunga.
Cāngadeva was initiated in Jainism by Devacandrasűri. He vowed observance in Vik. Sam 1150 (1093 A. D.) and was consecrated to Sūri Pada in Vik. Sam 1166 (1109 A. D.)". Later on, he was properly educated in the sacred lore and was named as Hemacandra5.
MEETING WITH JAYASIMHA . According to Prabhāvakācārya, Hemacandra met Siddharāja in the market as the latter was going on an elephant in a pro. cession. Hemacandra extoled Siddharāja Jayasimha by a beauti. ful eulogistic verse®, who, in return adequately appreciated
1. Other names found for cãciga are caca (Prabhāvakacarita, p. 183) and
Thakkara cãciga (prabandbakosa. p. 47). It appears that cāca is an
abbreviated name for cāciga and Thakkara is an appellative word, 2. Except Purätanaprabandhasangraha, all the texts read Pähini. 3 Prabandhacintamani p. 84 4. Prabhāvaka carita, pp. 184-85 According to Rājasekhara, Pāhiņi and
cāciga went to Devacandra who consecrated him and named him as Hemasuri. 5. Purātanaprabandhasangraha, p. 84. 6. Prabhāvakacarita, p. 185.
कारय प्रसरं सिद्ध ! हस्तिराजमशङ्कितम् । त्रस्यन्तु दिग्गजा: कि तैमूंस्त्यैवोद्धृता यतः ।।