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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When rya Khaputa was still in Gudaśastrapura, two monks from Bh gupura arrived there and informed him, "After you left from the place, Bhuvana monk opened the secret casket that you gave him to safeguard; he took one leaflet from it and by just reading the verse in that, acquired' kar i vidy '(a magical power by which one can attract anything towards him). With that power in hand, each day he is attracting the best of foods and savouring them. When the Sthaviras objected to this, he angrily left the place and joined the Buddhists. As a result of the magic power, empty vessels fly in the air and return filled with delicious sweetmeats. Seeing such things, all the Votaries are getting attracted to him. Therefore you should come and provide solace to the congregation”.
Listening to the monks, rya Khaputa considered the matter for a while and from Gudaśastrapura set out for Bh gupura. After reaching there, instead of going directly to the congregation, rya Khaputa stayed at a place in secret and started breaking with stones in the midway itself the food-filled vessels into pieces, which were being attracted by Monk Bhuvana. The sweetmeats from the broken vessels started falling on the heads of the people. When his efforts met with failure, it did not take long for Monk Bhuvana to understand that rya Khaputa had returned. In awe, he fled from Bh gupura. rya Khaputa followed by the monks went to the Buddhist monastery and impressed upon them with his knowledge and later embarked on continuing his wanderings.
In an age which was dominated by the exhibition of magical powers,
rya Khaputa, using his unique magical powers, did a lot of service to the Jain order. According to Tapagaccha Pa val his period was fixed as V.N. 453 and according to Prabh vaka Caritra it was V.N. 484. If we consider these texts as complementary to each other then a conclusion can be derived that his tenure as c rya began in V.N. 453 and ended in V.N. 484, both the authors appear true and provide determinative data about the tenure of c rya Khaputa.
14th Epochal- c rya - rya Revatimitra
rya Revatimitra was next in line to rya Skamdil c rya as epochalc rya. No data is available about his caste, birth, native place, etc. The
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