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moment he remained stupefied. Out of curiosity, he stretched his left hand too. Jagad ha took out one more similar type of ring from his finger and placed it on the king's hand.
Taking both the rings, B saladeva returned to palace. Next day, the king invited Jagad ha to the court and honoured him. The King in front of his courtiers and the audience praising the generosity of Jagad ha said, “ ha! You are the most generous and celebrated person on the earth; so unlike the rest of the people, you need not pay any homage to me from now onwards.” Then he stubbornly put back the two rings on Jagad ha's fingers, made him sit on an elephant and bade him farewell to his house.
Jagad ha continued his public welfare activities by word, deed, soul and with his money even after the famine came to an end. Thus Jagad ha, a lay devotee of Jainism served Jain Order sincerely and added a silver lining to the fame of Jainism.
Bada gaccha (V had gaccha)
According to Tap gaccha Pa val , Lord Mah v ra's 35" Pontiff,
c rya Udyotana S ri set out for Mount Arbuda in eastern India. Travelling through many places, he reached the border of' el village' on the foot hills of Mount Arbuda in eastern India. As the sun was setting, he halted in the forest itself under a very big p pala tree for the night with the entourage of his disciples. They had completed the night austerities like expiatory recitals (pratikrama a), recitals, meditation, study of scriptures etc. At midnight Udyotana S ri saw in the sky that Jupiter was entering into Rohi constellation. Explaining the results of the planetary movements he said, “This is such an auspicious time that if I place my hand on anyone's head decorating him with any rank, his fame will reach far and wide and will remain eternally.”
Immediately the disciples started entreating, “O Lord! Please have mercy on us. We you're your humble servants.”
Udyotana S ri ordained 84 disciples Sarvadeva S ri, et al. as his successor c ryas. Some historians are of the opinion that he appointed his chief disciple Sarvadeva S ri as his successor c rya. Since he
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