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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court of King Durlabhar ja, dominance and prominence of temple dwelling congregation started its journey of decline after its dominance and glory of 6 to 7 centuries.
Even though the temple dwelling congregation saw its decline in Gujarat towards the end of 12th century Vikram era, yet its dominating influence was profound still amongst Jain communities and people in M rw da and Mew da regions of Rajasthan.
After defeating the temple dwelling c ryas in A ahilapura P a a, Jine wara S ri undertook non-stop difficult walking tour of Gujarat and made large following of his Vasativ sa tradition. After the death of Jine wara S ri, his principal disciple Abhaya Deva S ri played an important role and continued the effort of his teacher in spreading Vasativ sa tradition and refuting temple dwellers and weakening its impact. Similarly Abhaya Deva S ri's disciple Jina Vallabha S ri made efforts to weaken the temple dwelling tradition all his life. He wrote a scholarly treatise on the doctrine of temple dwelling congregation in his book 'congregation pa aka'. Dd Jinadatta S ri, like his teacher Jina Vallabha Sri, made lifelong effort to weaken temple dv congregation and enhance the influence of Vasativ sa congregation. He made several k atriya families as followers of Jainism.
After the death of Jinadatta S ri, his principal disciple Jinapati S ri also continued the efforts started by Vardham na S ri and Pamạita Jine warga i in weakening the temple dwelling congregation and strengthening the Vasativ sa congregation and aggressively taking this mission forward. By taking difficult walking tours of different places in the country, Jinapati S ri made the doctrine and following of temple dwelling congregation as hollow and ineffective. His follower Jine wara also continued the same mission and completely routed the temple dwelling congregation and their doctrine. He established the temples as inauspicious and made stay of monks there as unholy.
In this way, the distressing influence of temple dwelling continued its march from strength to weak and weaker after their defeat in King Durlabhar ja's royal court in Vikram 1080. With the combined efforts of Sundara S ri, the decline of the temple dwelling congregation reached extinct level in Vikram 1466. Alongwith this extinction of the temple dwelling congregation, even the rules of relaxations in conduct, new
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