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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or V.N.1360; the voluminous Sth n mgas tra was either lost or abridged or reformed.
c rya V ra Bhadra
In the first half of 13th century V.N., c rya V ra Bhadra existed. According to a citation in Kuvalayam 1 of Udyotana, it is said that he was a deep scholar of Jain doctrine and while Udyotana lived in J lora he studied the doctrine under his guidance. Another popular belief concerning him is that at his orders, a grand temple dedicated to Lord V abha Deva was built in J lora.
c rya V ra Bhadra taught the scriptures to the author of Kuvalayam 1 Udyotana. This shows that he was a contemporary of Y kin Mahattar S nu Hari Bhadra and perhaps significantly elder to him.
It is also estimated that c rya V ra Bhadra, a scholar-expert in rendering the scriptures died when c rya Hari Bhadra was rewriting and reforming the old dilapidated Mah Ni tha.
In this way, based on extracts from Kuvalayam 1 and other inferences, c rya V ra Bhadra was a c rya during later half of 12th and first half of 13th centuries V.N.
Udyotana (D ki ya Chinha)
Udyotana, (other name D k i ya Chinha) of Candra lineage and hailing from H rila gaccha, earned an immortal fame in the history of Pr k ata language history literature by composing in mixed prose-poetry the famous book 'Kuvalayam 1'.
He was born in a k atriya royal family during the last quarter of V.N. 13th century. Being the prince of a royal family, he was called as R jar i. He was son of Ba e wara and grandson of Udyotana, both kings of Mad ra (Mah dw ra).
Since his birth, there was an auspicious swastika mark on the right side of his body. Due to this reason, in his royal family, royal courts and elsewhere, Udyotana was also known as D k i ya Chinha.
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