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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him c rya. Jayasimha was a disciple of his teacher Harisimh c rya and of Municandra Up dhy ya. Jinadatta S ri raised him too, to the rank of
c rya and ordered him to wander in Cittauda region to propagate the religion. He made another monk called Jayacandra, the disciple of Jayasimh c rya as c rya and assigned him with the task of propagating Jain doctrine in Pa a a.
Besides appointing three scholar-monks to the Sri rank, he also appointed Jinacandra ga i, labhadra ga i and 10 other scholar-disciples as discourse - c ryas; r mat , Jinamat , P r a r , Jina r and J na r et al Mahattar to the rank of (chiefs) and J v nanda, a scholar-disciple was made Up dhy ya. He explained their duties to all these spiritual readers, gave instructions about their places of wandering and issued orders to travel towards their respective regions. He himself set out for Ajmer. While nearing Ajmer, throngs of lay devotees greeted him with great enthusiasm and honour and took him into the city, celebrating his arrival. During the first stay of Jinadatta S ri, the King of Ajmer, Ar or ja donated to the Jain Society, the land stretching from the foothill of the mountain in the south of Ajmer to the peak of mountain. There the laity built Jina temples and a temple of Ambik (demi goddess) before the subsequent visit of Jinadatta S ri. At an auspicious time Jinadatta S ri entered and started staying in the main dwelling place. A prominent person of the commentary in Ajmer and well-known lay devotee sala gave his seven year old son to Jinadatta S ri for the future development of the congregation. r Jinadatta Sri initiated sala's son into monkhood in Ajmer on the 9th bright day of F lguna month in Vikram 1203. He was given the ascetic name Jinacandra. Knowing that his disciple was a gifted soul, Jinadatta S ri bestowed the title crya on the nine year old Jinacandra and declared him as his successor. The same
c rya Jinacandra later became famous as Ma idhr crya Jinacandra Sri.
Jinadatta S ri's time and the preceding time may be called as era of debate. Often the discussions on matters relating to yatana (Reformed temple) and An yatana (non-reformed temples) would take a harsh and
olent form. Farsighted r Jinadatta S ri followed the foot prints of Jinavallabha S ri in this matter. Instead of directly involving in debates and discussions with Temple dwellers, he thought it better and wise to
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