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and following the customary tradition offered betel to all of them with due respect and bade them farewell.
They brought up the child with immense care and love. Bequeathing them with immeasurable happiness Camgadeva turned 6 years old. Once on some business errand C ciga went to a village and at the same time Devacandra S ri arrived at Dhundhuk Nagara.
To behold the Dar ana of her spiritual preceptor, she set out with her son towards ‘Modha Vasah'. The tender boy Camgadeva, holding the little finger of his mother entered into Modha Vasah . At that time Devacandra S ri was offering obeisance to Jine vara idol in Vasah Jina temple, just a few yards away from his seat. P hin stopped at a distance so as to circumambulate c rya from left to right and right to left. Meanwhile the boy Camgadeva walked straight and sat on the seat of c rya. c rya r, after completing his reverential salutations, turned back and saw a radiant boy sitting on his seat without any fear as if he was accustomed to it and in a composed posture like a born yog. Naturally a sweet smile mixed with joy and wonder appeared on his face. Looking at P hin who stood with folded hands in front of him and with the striking resemblance Devacandra S ri understood that the boy who sat solemnly on his seat was her son. 'Jain order will be greatly benefited by this auspicious soul'. This very thought made his heart replete with a surge of spiritual joy like the waves surging in the fathomless ocean.
From the references of two texts of Vikram 14th Century – Prabh vaka Caritra and Prabandha Cint ma i (written by c rya Merutumga Sri in Vikram 1361) it is clear that the 5-year old boy Camgadeva sat on the seat of Devacandra S ri in Vikram 1150 and infant Prince Siddhar ja Jayasimha sat on the throne of his father while playing, when he was only three years old. It was a wonderful coincidence that these two tender boys who sat at the same time on highly elevated seats of different fields (spiritual and political) became the legendary personalities of their era, in their respective fields. In course of time, boy Camgadeva grew into Hemacandra S ri, the omniscient of Kaliyuga and encouraged and inspired two C lukya kings to perform public welfare and other humane activities. He instilled virtuous morals and ethics in the hearts of the people. Wandering through a vast area, he made the rulers decree ordinances prohibiting the killing of living beings and thus saved and
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