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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Even the name of Buddhis gara, the younger brother of Jine vara S ri is not mentioned in 'V ddh c rya Prabandh vali? under the article ‘Jine vara S ri’. It is a point to be pondered upon.
According to the author of Prabh vaka Caritra' Jine vara S ri and Buddhis gara Sri were r pati and r dhara (family names) respectively, the sons of a Brahmin named K a, who lived in Madhya Pradesh and they were initiated into the path of renunciation in Dh r nagar because of Lak mipati, a merchant there. Exactly a contrary mention is found in V ddh c rya Prabandh vali. It says that Jine vara S ri was a Pu kara Brahmin whose name was Jagg . The place of initiation was mentioned as Siddhapura and the cause mentioned as he lost a debate on uddhi-a uddhi (pure-impure).
Another different version appears in Kharatara gaccha Gury val found in D nas gara Jain J na Bha d ra in Bikaner. According to it, Jine vara S ri and Buddhas gara Sri were the sons of a Brahmin named Soma, who lived in Varanasi. They met Varddham na Sri in Saras nagara under the instructions of Soman tha Mah deva and were initiated by Varddham na Sri in Saras nagara itself.
Thus with various contradictory versions, it is difficult to determine which is authentic and which is not. Due to lack of indisputable evidence it is not easy to derive a definite conclusion. Only a wild deduction can be drawn that probably the life portrayed about Jine vara Sri in Prabh vaka Caritra is appropriate, as it appears quite closer to the facts.
The three different versions pointed out reveal and confirm the same fact that r Jine vara Sri was a Jaw hara of Brahmin caste. He did a commendable service to Jain Order by restoring the pure nature and spirituality of Jain doctrines which were totally eclipsed by materialbased pseudo beliefs and dogma propagated by the tradition of Temple dwellers.
Had Jine vara S ri not uprooted the tradition of Temple dwellers, we might have probably found it difficult to behold the true path of spiritual purification, practice, mental contemplation, worship, awareness about the existence of Suvihita rama a tradition and scripture-based pure code of conduct of rama as.
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