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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sermons flowing with its musical notes and all beneficial manners. The impact of 'Samar yicca Kah ’ Immortal masterpiece of his guru Hari Bhadra is quite imminent. Language and philosophy of 'Kuvalayam 1' is a proof that his study of Jainism was indeed very deep.
His two disciples' r vatsa and Baladeva were also decorated with the post of c rya. Both of them appear to be scholars.
c rya V ra Sena, a great author of Bha
raka tradition
A great commentator ( k k ra) and text writer of Senaga a Pamcast p nvay congregation in Vikram 9th century by the name V ra Sena existed. He earned immortality and great name by composing great and holy texts Dhaval and Jayadhaval and thus served the cause of Jainism and enhanced the prestige of Jain literature in a grand and effective manner. c ryas and respected scholars of ga as and gacchas, other than Pamcast p nvay s have also showered their choicest praise for his extreme in-depth knowledge of doctrine and poetry. c rya Jina Sena of Punn a congregation in his text 'Harivam apura' has decorated him with the title of S rvabhauma Samr a cakravart or the emperor of the world.
Senaga a is a very old ga a which was established by the monks coming from Pamcast pa named their ga a after a monk Sena amongst them. Therefore its other name as Pamcast p nvaya became very popular also.
V ra Sena composed an extremely large text ‘Dhaval’ based on the commentary "Vy khy Praj apti'on a kha d gama by Bappagurudeva. According to a citation in Dhaval , after the rule of Jagatumgadeva (probably during the rule of Amoghavar a-I) completed the composition of Dhaval in V agr ma on K rtika ukla 13th Vikram 738. V ra Sena has used the style of c r is in composing this text in mixed Samsk ta and Pr k ata languages. Dhaval is a very voluminous text with 72000 verses. Three quarters of Dhaval is written in Pr k ata and the remaining one fourth is used in Samsk ta. Pr k ata used is mostly aurasen . It is divided into six sections.
In Dhaval , V ra Sena had written that sermons of vet mbara crya N gahasti are as 'pav ijjamta' i.e. as per the pure Jain tradition while the sermons of another vet mbara c rya rya Mamgu (Mamk u) are not
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