Jain Legend Vol 3

Author(s): Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana

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In those days Buddhist logic was very popular all over the place. So both brothers became extremely inquisitive to learn the same. So they went to a Buddhist monastery to learn the same. They hid their religion and got admitted to the school for learning Buddhist logic. Then they started diligently studying and learning Buddhist scriptures. In a very short time both brothers acquired expert knowledge in Buddhist scriptures.
One day when their teacher was teaching them the lesson to refute Anek nta doctrine of Jainism, then he could not remember some of the parts of Anek nta doctrine. Hence he stopped further discussions on the same for the next day. Both the brothers rectified the lesson on refutation of Anek nta doctrine by crya Dig N ga of Buddhism. When the teacher saw the rectified pages of the lesson in the classroom, he was astonished to see the correct version. He became confident that some Jain scholar in disguise has entered and admitted in the school. He therefore decided to find out the true Jain scholars amongst his students.
Like Buddhist crya found the brothers Hamsa and Paramahamsa, disciples of crya Hari Bhadra, similarly the Buddhist C rya found out the truth about Akalamka and Nikalamka. He sent them both to the confinement room of the monastery.
Study of Akalamka and Nikalamka in disguise in the Buddhist monastery, capture of Nikalamka and the washer man by Buddhist soldiers, escape of Akalamka from this troublesome event, six months scriptural debates of Akalamka with Buddhist crya and subsequent defeat of Buddhist c rya in the same and victory of Akalamka are all similar to the story of Hamsa and Paramahamsa, the two disciples of
c rya Hari Bhadra.
There had been many scholars with Akalamka as their name. Their chronological names are given below.
Akalamka Pa dita 1098 AD. Akalamka Traividha died in 1163 AD Akalamka Candra 1200 AD Akalamka Deva died in 1256AD Akalamka Muni Nandi congregation Bal tk ra ga a and disciple of crya Jaya Kri Akalamka Deva M lasamgha 1550-1575AD
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