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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kingdom of M law . Dhanap la therefore requested King Bhoja to annul his earlier decree banning the entry of Jain monks. After the decree was withdrawn, Jain congregation of Dh r nagar went to crya Mahendra S ri to request his return to Dh r nagar and enhance the influence of Jainism there. Accepting the requests from the Jain congregation, c rya Mahendra S ri arrived in Dh r nagar. With the sermons of crya Mahendra S ri, the faith of Dhanap la in Jainism grew from strong to stronger and strongest. He was always alert to prohibit the fall or even develop a flaw in his right belief even in his dreams.
Dhanap la vehemently opposed violence committed in the name of yaj as. Dhanap la got a grand temple of Lord V abha Deva built in Dh r nagar and had it consecrated by c rya Mahendra S ri. At that time, sitting in front of the idol of Lord din tha, Dhanap la composed a 500 verses hymn in veneration (stuti) of Lord V abha Deva Jaya Jantukappa'. As per the request of King Bhoja, great poet Dhanap la composed jewel like text of 12000 verses called “Tilakamamjar '.
On completion of the text, c rya Mahendra S ri suggested to inviter
nty c rya who was decorated with the title of ‘vidv na v di vait la' i.e. scholar debater beyond comparison in the royal court of Gurjara king Bh ma, to Dh r nagar to improvise the text. r nty c rya came and stayed in Dh r nagar and made significant improvements in the text.
King Bhoja found the text "Tilakamamjar' extremely interesting and beautiful. He requested in an insisting manner to Dhanap la to make the following changes in the text.
In the beginning of this text, Lord iva should be clearly venerated. All mentions of Ayodhy should be replaced by Dh r nagar. Instead of akr vat ra, it should be Mah k la avat ra.
amkara should replace all mentions of V abha. My name (i.e. King Bhoja) should be mentioned in the deep insistence by Meghav hana.
King Bhoja insisted with a request to Dhanap la, O Lord of poets! If you make the aforementioned changes in your text, then your jewel of a text will remain immortal on this earth till sun and moon exist.'
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