Book Title: Laghu Prabandh Sangraha
Author(s): Jayant P Thaker
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir Its Vām nasthali, to surrender, as they happened to be the brothers of his queen Jaya taladevi, and then killed them. Although the story given here is not found elsewhere, Vardd li a. māsa sūri is definitely a historical figure in view of the final statement of this prabandha viz. that he composed the Visupijyacaritra. The Prussti at the close of the Vasupujyacarita states that Acarya Vardli a māna. süri of the Nagendragaccha instructett Dundnayaka A bládana of the Callakukan ariel inspired him to get repaired The Vâsupljy a svā min temple of the Vīgendrugaccha situated at Pagana and that at the request of the same Dandanayaka he composed the Visupūjyacarita s the extent of 4 Sargas anil 5491 Graulhus in V. S. 1299 (= 1243 A.D.) while staying at the Upāśruya adjoining the same temple at Påfaņa, At the commencement of the prabandha he is called Kapolasyirarddianasarilt which evidently would mean that the pontift belonged to the Kapula community. This reference naturally lints at tlie lacs that the Kabola community of tlic Vaiks is at least as old as the first half of the thirteenth century AD). The closing formula of the piatandha, howev?F, reads: 'Gala$rivardahandustriprabandhalt'. Tlie prefix gála here appears to denove the name of the pontiil's native place viz, mad. Galu, a village in Sauras ra, situated in the former Dhangadhra state. Tte statement that while delivering sermons lie used to keep pinc vessels on his right side for hulding nectar in the form of the nine sentiments i rusa ='juice' ] ( produced from his speecli) and a knife on his left in order to incise the tougyc if incorrect language or pronunciation or even repetition took place inay be regarded as poetic exaggeration. All the same it hints at Such of his qualities as sweetness and accuracy of speech. The incident of the contest between the dialectician Deva in a h - nanda hailing from the Gauda country and Vardhamana. sūri's two disciples Vāghalau and Singhalai that is stated here to have taken place at Sripattana or Devarattana, ic, rod. Pralhasa Patana, in Saurasia, and lasted for eighteen days, is also not traced in any of the Prabandh -- yorks referred to by the present editor. All the same it is not advisible to reject all such accounts of the prtbandhas as imaginary. Though at present we have no evidence for their historicity, it is not at all improbable that in future when many more works are allowed to see the light of the day and niuch nicre information is. + Vide PK, pp. 103-104, also Vastupalacarita of jina liarşa, Ch. II. For Private And Personal Use Only

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