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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Vikram 1183, Deva S ri along with other three c ryas, installed the idol of Lord din tha in that temple.
Kumudacandra depressed by his crushing defeat disappeared from Pa a a like the moon on a new moon day.
c rya r Deva Sri authored a text 'Ratn kar vat rik' of Pram a Naya Taty loka", which is a commentary on Pram a Naya Tatv loka. Authoring this he added one more precious gem to the repository of law of Jain order.
Thus with his unparalleled scholarship, logical proficiency and selfconfidence c rya Deva S ri extended a great service to and glorified the Jain order. On Thursday, the seventh day in the waning phase of
r va a month, in Vikram 1226, in the mid day, after ordaining Bhadre vara S ri as Successor- c rya, c rya Deva S ri observing Samth r departed for heaven in Sam dhi. In the 83 years of his life he spent 9 years as a house holder, 22 years as an ordinary monk and 52 years as c rya.
He was given the title 'Vd' (debater) by the litterateurs of Jaina literature. From two verses of Prabh vaka Caritra it is apparent that after conceding his defeat to Deva S ri in the court of King Siddhar ja, r Kumudacandra himself felicitated him with the title 'great debater'.
r V dideva S ri was a very influential ascetic and a great propagator of Jainism in Bada (V had) gaccha. His guru Municandra Sri was a great sage. According to Tap gaccha Pa val , he was mentioned as the 40" Pontiff of Lord Mah v ra and his fellow disciple Ajita Deva S ri as the 41°'; whereas according to V had gaccha Gurv val , V di Deva S ri was the 41% Pontiff of Mah v ra. A fellow disciple of Municandra S ri, Candraprabha Sri reformed the Kriy s (rituals and austerities) in Vikram 1149 and after 10 years established Paur am yaka gaccha in Vikram 1159.
c rya Malayagiri, the Great Author of V ttis
c rya Malayagiri was a great author of V ttis in 17th Century V.N. (Vikram 12" century). In spite of penning a great number of verses
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