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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Birth Initiation
Became crya Heavenly abode
Household life duration
Ordinary Monk tenure
Tenure as c rya Total longevity
His last spiritual-exertion (Niry ma
V.N. 428 V.N. 449 V.N. 494
V.N. 533
21 years
45 years
39 years
105 years
4 months 4 days
) was guided by rya Rak ita S ri.
Chief preceptor of a group (group- c rya)
In V.N. 547 48, rya Simhagiri, the group- c rya of rya Suhast tradition, left for the heavenly abode when rya Nandila was the discourse- c rya.
18th Scholar-preceptor (Discourse- c rya) N gahasti
N gahasti became the Discourse- c rya after c rya rya Nandila. c rya Dev rdhiga K am rama a in his Nandis tra Sthavir val described him as the foremost erudite of Karma philosophy and an able c rya who provided appropriate and satisfactory answers to the queries of the inquisitive. As he was gifted with 'P rvaj na', he was considered an expert in expositions of meataphysics and karma. Out of his disciples, rya P dalipta was a very dynamic c rya, whose introduction is briefly given here.
rya P dalipta
Like rya Khaputa, rya P dalipta is also considered a very influential c rya. There was an intelligent and generous merchant named F lla in Ko al, during the regime of King Vijayavarm. His wife was Pratim n Though she was extremely beautiful, modest and virtuous, she was not blessed with a son. On the advice of someone, she worshipped goddess Vairo y Dev and begot a son. He was named as Nagendra.
Believing the child to be the blessing of the Guru, Pratim n brought him up with great love and care for eight years and then surrendered him at
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