Jainism in Gujarat

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

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dana-jnanadāna (or imparting knowledge to others), abhayadana' (saving the lives of others) and dharmopastambhadana which consisted in giving food, drink, clothing, beds, seats and other accommodations to the Jains Thereupon the king opened a satrāgāra for the Jains and appointed Abhayakumāra, son of Neminaga, as its superintendent,39
Hemasuri next proceeded to explain the king the twelve vows of a Jain layman. As to the practical results which followed the taking of the first vow, Jinamandana says that besides forbidding the destruction of life in his eighteen provinces, Kumarapala persuaded the princes of fourteen states to pass similar edicts in their kingdoms. Moreover, he declared the use of unstrained water illegal, and like Siladitya of Molapo, gave strained water to his horses and elephants. Hemasuri then gave him the biruda of ⚫ Šarahāgatatrātā 4o
After taking the second vow, Kumarapala spoke sweet, truthful and measured words. His dealings with friends, wives, enemies and preceptors were marked with straight forwardness
59 Ibid, p. p 319-20.
40 Kumarapalaprabandha, p. 81.