Jain Legend Vol 4

Author(s): Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana

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c rya Vijaya i - 50th Pontiff of Lord Mah v ra
Birth Initiation into monkhood Attained crya status Heavenly Abode Period of household life Period of ordinary monk Period of crya status Complete monkhood Life span
V.N. 1487 V.N. 1503 V.N. 1524 V.N. 1589 16 years 21 years 65 years 86 years 102 years
38th Epochal- c rya Dharmagho a Birth
| V.N. 1496 Initiation into monkhood V.N. 1504 Period of ordinary monk
V.N. 1504 - 1520 Period of epochal- c rya V.N. 1520 - 1597 Period of household life
8 years Period of ordinary monk
16 years Period of epochal- c rya 77 years Heavenly Abode
V.N. 1597 Life span
101 years, 7 months, 7 days
The King of Gamga Dynasty and his Commander-in-Chief, Staunch
propagators of Jina Order from 15th - 16th Century V.N.
During the times of c rya r Jayasimha - the 49th Pontiff of Lord Mah v ra's tradition M rasimha Gamga, 24th in line of Gamga dynasty (1490 to 1501 V.N.) was the King of Karnataka. He was courageous, and a staunch devotee and propagator of Jina order. He extended full patronage to Jain religion. He carried out many significant activities for the propagation, glorification and all-round development of Jina Order during his 11 years reign. At the fag end of his life, he approached r Ajitasena, the Bha raka of Bamk pura and took the vow of pious death i.e. samlekhan -samth r.
A colossal statue of Gomma e vara (B hubal) of 56/57 feet height was carved out of a single stone on Vindyagiri hill in rava abelagola, in 1555 V.N. (on 2344 March in 1028 AD) on the orders of C mu da R ya,
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