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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Complying with his teacher, Jinadatta S ri journeyed towards the desert areas of Cittauda."
In his wanderings, wherever he went, the people there were inspired by his auspicious sermons. The lay devotees both men and women, along with all their family members, accepted him as their preceptor as per the injunctions of scriptures and started practising the vows and resolutions (not to commit faults) and became his disciples as votaries and female - votaries.
From there he moved towards N gaura and Ajmer. The chief of laity
sadhara, R sala and others together with a host of votaries welcomed him upon approaching Ajmer, and arranged a place for his stay.
Later Jinadatta S ri headed towards Bāgada region from Ajmer. In Bāgada his preaching left such a remarkable and lasting impression, that innumerable people accepted the right path (Samyaktva), many people took 12 vows conduct of votaries. It was not easy to account the number of people who took vows and resolutions (praty khy na).
In the very first religious tour of Jinadatta S ri to B gada, many spiritually inclined people felt aversion towards the material world. Many people took initiation from him into monkhood with five vows According to Kharataragaccha Gurv val , 52 women were initiated into asceticism during that time. Jinadatta S ri appointed Jina ekhara S ri to the post of 'Up dhy ya’ (holy teacher) and ordered him to go to R drapall. He also sent some of his disciples with him. The greatest achievement of Jinadatta S ri in his Bāgada tour was - after accepting submission, six most influential and popular Temple dweller c ryas namely 1 Jayadev c rya, 2 Jinaprabh c rya, 3 Vimalacandra ga i, 4 Gu acandra ga i, 5 R macandra ga i and 6 Brahmacandra ga i took initiation into Suvihita tradition together with their multitude of disciples (after being enlightened by the sermons of Jinadatta S ri). Ascetic J v nanda, son of R macandra ga i, also took initiation into the monkhood of Jinadatta S ri's tradition, alongwith his father Jayadatta, a famous occultist of Temple dweller tradition into monkhood with five great vows. Seeing that the renowned and eminent c ryas and monks (male and female) took initiation from Jinadatta S ri in great numbers, even a large number of laity of Temple dweller tradition also became the
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