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order of Jain monks, he was known as Hadaraja. In A. D. 1471, he renounced the world and accepted Laxmisagara as his guru, He was, however, trained by Sumatisadhusüri. In A. D. 1491, the dignity of suri was conferred on him and he was made the leader of his gatchha. This occasion was celebrated by Sayara Kothari and Sahajapala at Idar where the Jains of far-off places were invited.22
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In A. D. 1493, he went on a pilgrimage to the Satrunjaya Hill with the Jain congregation of Stambhatirtha or Cambay. In A. D. 1495, he conferred the dignity of sûri on Danadhira, but unfortunately, the latter died in A. D. 1495-6.
In A. D. 1513-4, when the dignity of Acharya was conferred on Anandavimalasuri and that of Vachaka on Danasekharagani and Manikasekharagani by our Suri, Soni Jiva Jaga of Cambay held a festival, In A. D. 1515-6, Himavimalasūri halted at Karpatavanijya (Kapadavanja) on his way to Cambay. The Jains of Kapadavanja gave him a royal reception. Some envious persons reported the matter to the
(121) Hansadhira was a contemporary of Hemavimala suri. The Hemavimalasurı fága was completed in V. S. 1554 (A. D. 1498) Jarn Aıtıhasıka Gurjar Kāvya Sanchaya, No. 16.
