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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His name is of historical importance due to the above two ks as this
c rya through his compositions made all possible efforts to bring reconciliation and unite the two separated sects namely Digambara and
vet mbara of Lord Mah v ra's congregation.
Y pan ya c ryas used to accept authority of all scriptures and religious texts which were venerated by vet mbara sect. This most important fact is proved by his above two k s.
Prior to this a great Y pan ya c rya by the name iv rya in Vikram 5th6" century existed who composed and wrote a giant 2170 verse long holy and religious text called r dhan. c rya Vijaya wrote commentary on this holy and religious text. After him another great composer of religious texts and grammarian ka yana existed in Vikram 9th century.
In this way only the names of these three composers of religious texts could be identified till date.
Second all India catastrophes on Jain congregation
It had been earlier described how a catastrophic attack was made on Jainism and its followers in 600-630AD during the rule of Pallavar ja Mahendra Varmana-I of K mc and Sundara P dya of Madurai. However this attack on Jainism was limited to Tamilnadu only.
The second well planned, organized, executed and major catastrophic attack on Jainism by Kum rilla Bha a and amkar c rya was spread throughout the country.
amkar c rya launched an all India attack, from east to west and north to south on Jainism by establishing four centres called amkar c rya p has / ma has and appointed a amkar c rya of each seat. Each amkar c rya was asked to go all over his area of influence and preach (and create influence of) Monist Brahm dvaita religion and authority of Vedas for not only centuries but for longer periods.
Besides this they were told to exterminate all other religions, be they Jainism, Buddhist or other monist-dualist traditions under the garb of Vedic traditions like Naiy yika, S mkhya, Mim msaka etc, and disallow
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