Jain Journal 1992 07

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

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JULY, 1992
to 1239, he remained active in Sapadlakṣa territory. He renovated the Dādāvāḍi of Ajmer in VE 1235. In VE 1239, in presence of Pṛthviraj Cauhan he held religious discussion with Padmaprabha and defeated him. Jinpati Sūri was, therefore, highly hououred by Prthviraj Cauhan. In VE 1244 a large Sangha-yatra was organised to Gujarat. The Jain Sangha when visited Asãpali (modern Ahmedabad) was instructed by Daṇḍanayaka Abhayad to make heavy cash payments to him. But Jagadeva, the prime minister of the state gave stern warning not to harass the people of Sapadlakṣa, as he had concluded a treaty with Prthviraj Cauhan with great troubles. After 1249 VE, when Prthviraj was defeated, a large number of Jain families moved from Sapadlakṣa in order to save themselves from humiliation, at the hands of invaders. The Jain icons too were taken from the temples and kept under the sand-dunes, in order to save them. The family of Kṣemandhar, moved to Jaisalmer. In VE 1260 his son Jagaddhar installed the icon of Pārsvanath there. Purṇabhadra, a notable Jain scholar was a pupil of Jinpati Sūri. He composed several good works named AtimuktakaCarita (VE 1282), Dhanya-Sali-Carita (VE 1285) Dasa-Sravaka-Carita, Dasa-Upasana-Kathā (VE 1375), Caturvim sati-Jin-Stavan, SalibhadraCarita (VE 1285) and Daśa-Sravaka-Carita-Gatha (VE 1309). All these works are now available in the Jaisalmer Bhandar. In VE 1273, Jinpati Süri also held religious discussions with Pandit Manodānand in the court of Prthvicandra of Nagarkot and defeated him. The activities of Kharatar-gaccha were also influenced by the occupation of the Muslims. However, they had vast areas in the western Rajasthan, Gujarat, Malwa, Mewar and other parts. Jalore the capital of the local Cauhan rulers remained a stronghold of Kharatar-gaccha. In VE 1277, Jinpati Sūri died at Jalore and Jineśvar Suri succeeded.
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Jineśvar Sūri remained mostly busy in the western Rajasthan specially at Jalore, Bhiladi, Prahladanpur, Bijapur, Baḍmer, Cittor and Jaisalmer. Śresthi Jagaddhar (son of Kṣemandhar) had 3 sons named Yasodhaval, Bhuvanpal, and Tribhuvanpal. Yasodhaval remained at Jaisalmer and constructed a Parsvanath temple there in VE 1321. It was consecrated by Jineśvar Sūri. Bhuvanpal moved to Prahladanpur. He was present in the Sangha which started from there to Satruñjaya in VE 1326.8
5 The Kharatargaccha Bṛhad Gurvavali, p. 43; Prthviraj Cauhan and His Times by the author, pp. 55-56; Dashrath Sharma, Early Cauhan Dynasties, p. 106-7.
6 History of Jaisalmer by the author, pp. 136-138; Pithviraj Cauhan and His Times, pp. 160-161; Jain Inscriptions of Rajasthan, p. 212.
7 Ibid., p. 160; Punyavijay, Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit MSS, Jaisalmer collection (1972), pp. 70, 113-114, 285.
8 Ibid., pp. 136-138.