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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The Yak a told, "If one gets carried away by the delusive pleasures, slackens his character, then he would end up like me. What is so shocking if an unprincipled person like me who honours wealth, taste and pleasure ends up here? If you want to save yourselves from such misfortune and move ahead towards salvation, then abandoning careless attitude, being devoid of passions, and maintaining temperance, always keep wandering as a monk without getting attached to any place or thing."
The monks said, "O Divine one! You have rightly enlightened us!" Having said this, they took to penance and also started observing selfrestraint and continued their travel as monks without getting attached to any one place.
In the Sthavir val of NandiS tra, c rya Devav caka honouring rya Mamgu using adjectives like - "Bha agam" to describe one who recites the K lika S tras, etc., "Karagam" to denote one who performs deeds as prescribed by the S tras and "Jharagam" to represent one who follows Dharma described him as a Transcendental c rya of the ocean of scriptures. The term he used "Pabh vagam n adamsa agu am" - indicates that rya Mamgu is a strong propagator of the right knowledge and philosophy. c rya Devav caka further wrote, “Salutations to rya Mamgu, the divine c rya of the ocean of scriptures, and the one who is calm and composed!"
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According to the commentary Jayadhaval' of "Kas ya-P huḍa", the authentic scripture of the Digambara tradition, rya Mamk u and rya N gahasti were considered to be the teachers of c rya Yativ abha, the commentator of Kas ya-Pahuḍa. In the words of the commentator of Jayadhaval c rya Yativ abha received the divine ray of knowledge from his teachers, c rya Mamk u and c rya N gahasti.
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After rya Mamgu of V caka tradition, rya Dharma, Bhadragupta, rya Vajra and rya Rak ita - these four epochal- c ryas were described as discourse- c rya also.
Out of these four epochal- c ryas, rya Vajra was undoubtedly from the line of c rya Suhast, however, no clear evidence is available on
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