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concurrently appointed as c ryas. They were - Sarv nanda S ri, Abhayadeva S ri and Vajrasena S ri (5th c ryas). After their long tenure, Jinacandra S ri became the 6th c rya. His style of delivering discourse, wear full of the nine virtues of speech. Charmed by his style and sagacity "Mokhar " the King of Guhilav da bestowed him with the title 'Navaras vat ra Taramgi '.
Probably owing to weakness in thighs, Jinacandra S ri stayed in 'L liy aka', the capital of Guhilavāḍa for a long time. He enjoyed the full grace of goddess Saraswat. He was honoured and respected by the king and the commoners alike.
Once, a scholar called D modara came to the city along with 8 scholarly pa ditas of Y j ika. He arranged for a 'V japey sacrifice' in L liy aka in which expenses for the performance of the sacrifice were estimated as one lakh silver coins. Precious and expensive materials and 32 goats to be offered as sacrifice were brought to the place where the sacrificial worship (yaj a) was to be performed. The people were piqued, when they came to know that goats were meant for sacrifice, as they had assimilated the principle of non-violence. In order to prevent the sacrifice, c rya made the king pass an order that a spiritual dialogue on the sacrifice of animals in yaj a, would be held between c rya Jinacandra S ri and the priests of sacrifice, wherein the winner would decide whether to sacrifice the animals or not. The spiritual discourse lasted for 18 days in the court of Mokhar Guhila. On the concluding day crya with his perspicuous and sagacious argument silenced the opponents. The king gave him the epistle of victory and let off the goats uninjured.
Thus, Jinacandra S ri carried out great service to Jina Order by propagating the true tenets of pure Jainism.
After him the successor c ryas were 7th Vijayasimha S ri, 8th Abhayasimha S ri and 9th Amarasimha S ri. They were all well-versed in scriptures, balanced debaters and propagators of Jina Order.
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