Jaina Gazette 1928

Author(s): Ajitprasad, C S Mallinath
Publisher: Jaina Gazettee Office

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prey to the chief of Kamarupa who had now enslaved Visakhanandi and employed him as a letter-carrier or an errandsman, Having just then delivered a message to the ruler ol Magadha, Visakhanandi appeared on the scene, and quite enjoyed the sad plight of his former enemy, whom he taunted in diverse derisive language. Excited by the contemptuous laughter of his enemy. Visvanandi muni thought that he should kill him in the next birth. With this roudra-dhyana he died, and entered the Satara Kalpa.
Their term of life in the Satara Kalpa having run out. Visakhabhuti-chara and Visvanandi-chara were born on earth as Vijaya (i.e. Balabhadra) and Triprishta (i.e. Vasudeva) respectively, sons of Prajapati Maharaja of Poudanapura in Suramya by his wives Jayavati and Mrigavati. Achyuta (Tripishta) distinguished himself by several feats of valour. He married Svayamprabha daughter of Jvala najati King of Rathanupura Chakravala. This marriage brought him an enemy in Asvagriva (the Visakhanandhi of a former birth) whom he fought and killed. To Achyuta came the Chakra Sudarsana, and other emblems of Chakravartis.
One day King Prajapani heard that Jvalanajati renounced the kingdom in favour of his son Arkakirii and took the Jinadiksha under the famous sage Pihitasrava. So he also renounced, became a disciple of Pihitasrava Swami and took to tapas.
Vijaya was ruling the kingdom of Magadha and Achyuta became the Lord of Trikhanda. The latter got a son named Sri Vijaya and a daughter named Jyotihprabha. When Jyotihprabha attained a marriageable age, a Svayamvara was announced, which was attended by princes from Panchala, Andhra, Chola, Malava, Magadha and other countries. Jyotihprabha however chose as her husband Amitateja, son of Arkakirti, her maternal uncle. Arkakirti's daughter married Sri Vijaya.
One morn before day break Triprishta passed away while in bed, loud was the lamentation in the palace. Vijaya mourned
the loss deeply, made over the kingdom to Sri Vijaya, took to Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat