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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commoners so that they continue to stay in the congregation and invite others to join.
To protect their own religious from jealousy and covert actions of other religions, the Jains started seeking royal patronage by using and offering instruments (yantra), rituals (tantras) and mantras, actively participating in governance and political activities.
It is also a historical fact that Jainism continued to prosper as long as the famous kings were either Jains or they offered royal patronage to Jainism. Cakravart of Kalimga Mah meghav hana Kh ravela invaded the last Maurya emperor Pu ya Mitra umga who was inflicting severe casualties on both Jains and Buddhist people. Similarly in the south, Kalabhrom defeated the kings of P dya, Col and Cera and their lineage (who were Jains themselves but converted to other religious and later inflicted heavy casualties on Jains, Jain monks and started mass conversion of Jains into aiva and other traditions and protected Jains and Jainism there.
rya Vajra, rya Samita and rya Brahamd pakasimha and others used their extraordinary powers from time to time to influence the kings and enhanced the influence of Jainism on common people as well. In ancient times, crya Siddha Sena Diw kara used his exceptional scholarship to influence the king of that time and significantly enhanced the influence of Jainism. Further the far sighted and influential Jains also helped in establishment of pro-Jainism dynasties of Hoyasala, Gamga R ja etc. During these revolutionary times, the only objective of these c ryas was to establish the powerful Jain dynasties and make non Jain dynasties as the protector of Jainism so that Jainism and Jain congregation can prosper and have all round progress. Keeping these objectives and the call of time in mind, these c ryas even sacrificed their rama a ideals. To keep their congregation and Jainism alive, they even indulged in some activities which are totally prohibited in the Jain doctrine.
A number of great rama as did indulge in flawed conduct during times of great difficulties over the Jain congregation and to protect Jainism from their ill effects. But when the difficulties were over, they repented and applied corrections to the flaws committed by them in their practice of the code of conduct for them. In very ancient time, a c rya, who had
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