Jain Journal 1978 07

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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JAIN JOURNAL
was pleased to give Jinaprabha Suri a set of gifts which included bulls, horses, tents and plalanquins. On their arrival at Daulatavad (Deogiri-nagar) Jinaprabha Suri and his party were accorded a welcome and feted on behalf of the emperor. Then they went to Paithan 28 where they visited the image of Muni Suvrata, a Jain Tirthankara.'29
(iv) 'With his superhuman knowledge Sri Jinaprabha Suri pleased Mahammada Shahi who was a great Muslim emperor of Dilli.'30
(v) 'When the emperor (Rajadhiraja) visited the Satrunjaya 31 tirtha he was the first to be delighted on hearing the contents of this Satruñjaya-tīrthakalpa. So this Kalpa is entitled as Raja-prasad. 32 May this (work) enjoy perpetuity. 33
“This work is solemnly dedicated (to the emperor) on Friday in Samvat 1385 in the bright fortnight, 6th day of the moon.'34
(vi) 'Sinhakirti, the great son of Vidyananda Swami-a man of excellent character and lineage—was born in the region surrounded by the Mandara hills.35 He was blessed with offerings by Mahammada (Sultan Muhammad) in the city of Dilli (Dillipuri).'
(vii) 'The emperor, guided by Jinaprabha Suri, visited the Satrunjaya temples at Palitana as well as the idol-houses of Girnar. In the Satrunjaya temples he performed some acts of devotion appropriate to a leader of Jain Sangha.'36
25 Paithan, one of the oldest cities in the Deccan, stands in the Aurangabad
district on the Godavari. It contains some ancient temples. 29 J.P.S.B., pp. 34-35. Cf. Pr. I.H.C., 1941, p. 299. 30 Ibid., p. 39. 31 Satrunjaya, the most sacred of the five hills of the Jains at the eastern base of
which the town of Palitana is situated, 70 miles north-west of Surat. (Law,
B. C., Mountains of India, p. 19.) 32 Literally 'Sultan's favour'. 33_84 Jinaprabha Suri, Vividha-tirtha-kalpa (Santiniketan, 1934). pt. I, p. 5. 35 Mandara hills are identified by Cunningham (A.G.I., p. 582) as well as by
B. C. Law (Mountains of India, Calcutta, 1944 p. 16) with Mandara hill situated 30 miles to the south of Bhagalpur. If the poet were born near Delhi, then these must be the Arravali hills of Delhi.
At any rate the Jain poet Sinhakirit flourished during the reign of Sultan Muhammad and was honoured by him.
Cf. Pr. I.H.C. 1941, p. 297. 36 Jhavery, M. B., Comparative and Critical Study of Mantrasastra, p. 28.