Jainism in Gujarat

Author(s): Chimanlal Bhailal Sheth
Publisher: Godiji Jain Temple Mumbai

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According to Jain practice, Changadeva changed his name after consecration and came to be known as Somachandra. He studied Logic and Dialectics as well as grammar and poetics, as he was intelligent. When Somachandra had mastered all Sciences, Devachandra had the dignity of Acharya conferred on him in S. 1166 or (A D. 1109-10) Dhanada held & festival on this occasion and spent much wealth. Somachandra again changed his name according to the custom of Jain monks and came to be known as Hemachandrachārya
We shall now consider bov Siddharāja came to be acquainted with Hemachandrasūri. According to the Prabhāvahacharita, Kumārapāla Charsta and Kumārapalaprabandha, Siddharāja was once riding an elephant through the streets of bis capital and saw Hemasűri standing by a shop near a slope. The king stopped his elephant just by the maund and asked the ascetic
called a "Mithyátvın.' The latter , word 18 many-stime need for & Jain ho does not rigidly follow the rules of his faith by his orthodox co-religionists We may, therefore, conclude that Chachcha 1788 not an orthodox Jain, as his wife Chabını was. The latter entered the order of Jain nuns, some years after Changadeva's consecration.