Book Title: Jain Legend Vol 2
Author(s): Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana
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and through Samlekhan (ritual death by gradual fasting and overcoming all passions) died in Sam dhi. The rest of the monks migrated to other places especially coastal areas or places near to the rivers & sea and wandered with detachment. crya Bhadrab hu went to Nepal and there he engaged himself in Yoga Spiritual-exertion. When the famine was over, the remaining monks returned to Central India.
After the aforesaid incident, the following events are mentioned in Tithogaliya Painna:
At the time of the first discourse and writing of gama in P al putra, the congregation sent a group of ascetics in the service of c rya Bhadrab hu at Nepal with a prayer to teach the knowledge of 14 p rvas to the ascetics. At first rejection of the congregation's prayer by Bhadrab hu and ultimately yielding to the command of the congregation to impart the discourse to Sth labhadra etc., Sth labhadra's flaunting of knowledge to his sister ascetics like Yak a etc. in P al putra because of which Bhadrab hu's firm resolution not to teach the last four P rvas; appeal by the congregation to Bhadrab hu to forgive Sth labhadra and its persuasion to instruct the four P rvas, Bhadrab hu's disclosure of the reasons as to why he decided not to teach the last four p rvas to Sth labhadra and eventually Bhadrab hu giving discourse on the text of the last four p rvas to Sth labhadra etc. All these incidents will be discussed appropriately in the chapter of Sth labhadra Sw m.
va yaka C ri
Out of the aforesaid facts mentioned in Titthog liya Painn some are discussed in va yaka C r i in a very brief manner. In other vet mbara texts-Gach c ra painn, (Dogha hiv ti), Prabamdha Cint ma i, Prabhamdha Ko a, Guru Pa val and Gaccha Pa val etc., crya Jayab hu is introduced in the form of two brothers Bhadrab hu and Var hamihira - sometimes in similar manner and at times in different manner.
In the scriptures of Digambara sect, information on c rya Bhadrab hu is given on the basis of 'Bh vasamgraha’. The gist is as follows:
Through the stanzas of Bh vasamgraha, crya Devasena made his belief very clear that in Vikram 124 years (594 V.N.) c rya
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