Kalikal Sarvagna Hemchandracharya

Author(s): Anandsagarsuri, Sagaranandsuri
Publisher: Manav Mangal Bombay

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"I bow to Him who has achieved His Godhood due to Spiritual perfection and who is free of likes and dislikus, love and hate, attachment and envy."
Again the opponents were proved wrong in their presumptions.
Conclusion :
Hemchandrasoori was the greatest Acharya of his timnes. Others have described his period as 'Hiem Yuga'. His special and extraordinary contribution is twofold.
One, he brought many kings under the banner of religion. He implanted faith in a powerful king like Siddharaj Jaysimh. His successor, King Kumarpal was fully converted to Jainism under the influence of the Acharya. In Jain literature, Kumarpal is known as ‘Param Arhat’, which means the best Jain housholder.
His second most important contribution is in the field of literature. His name has been written with golden letters for his contribution in enriching Indian
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