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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With this resolve and the permission of his mother, went to a cave. There he observed severe austerities and performed contemplations on the self continuously. As a result he was blessed with the acquisition of unique insight and wisdom in him. Light of divine knowledge appeared in him and he was blessed with unconquerable wisdom. He composed jewel like text"Naya Cakra'. To re-establish the supremacy of Jainism, he proceeded towards Vallabh . There in the court of 1 ditya, he engaged in scriptural debates with Buddhist logicians for six months. At the end, Malla was declared victorious. The Buddhist c ryas could not tolerate this defeat and left Vallabh . King 1 ditya appointed Malla as his royal religious teacher. As per the prior agreed terms of the debate, he ordered expulsion of Buddhist monks from Vallabh . He also gave full freedom to Jain monks to wander freely anywhere in Valalbhi. He also asked his orderlies' to request Jain monks elsewhere to visit Vallabh and practice Jainism. He gave full control of atrumjaya hill to Jain congregation.
In this way, during the period of epochal- c rya H rila (V.N. 10001055), the herculean efforts and unique scholarship of c rya Mallav d in V.N. 11" century made him as a great influential Jain c rya.
Main authors of religious texts during the period of 28th pontiff of
Lord Mah v ra's congregation and 29th epochal- c rya
Mallav d: Logician c rya Mallav d belongs to the same period as of crya V ra Bhadra and H rila. He composed philosophical and doctrinal text Naya Cakra' as well as commentary on 'Sanmati Tarka'. Candrar i Mahattara: He wrote karma doctrine text called “Pamca Samgraha' with commentary. V caka Samgha D sa Ga i: Names of V caka Samgha D sa Ga i and Dharma Se a Ga i, authors of oldest story literature text "Vasudeva Himd’ is taken amongst the foremost scholars for their literary contributions. In this text, description of the roaming of Vasudeva, father of Lord K. a, is described in details beautifully. As a result this text was christened as 'V sudeva himd '. It is composed in two volumes. Samgha D sa Ga i is credited with writing the first volume having 11000 verses. Dharma Se a Ga i is credited with writing the second volume with 17000 verses.
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