Life of Hemchandracharya

Author(s): Manilal Patel
Publisher: Singhi Jain Shastra Shiksha Pith Mumbai

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भूमि कामगवि खगोमयरसैरासिञ्च रत्नाकरा मुक्तास्वस्तिकमातनुध्वमुडुप त्वं पूर्णकुम्भीभव। धृत्वा कल्पतरोर्दलानि सरलैर्दिवारणास्तोरणान्याधत्त स्वकरैर्विजित्य जगतीं नन्वैति सिद्धाधिपः ॥ ७२ ॥ व्याख्याविभूषिते वृत्ते [हेमचनदविभोस्ततः ।
3rarafara[ T ] ari eta ga: ga: 1103 Verso 72 has been given, after comparison with the Prabandhacintāmani, as also with the other work mantioned below (Note 33). All the sources available to mo give ara fa in the fourth Päda. In spite of this, however, only trà fa can be correct.
The above rarrative of the first meeting of Hemacandra with Siddharāja is also found in the Kumārapālacarita. There, however, the verse which is supposed to have been written by him (p. 36, lines 9-11), ruus:
सिद्धराज राज[गज ] राजं उच्चकैः कारय प्रसरमेतमग्रतः। संत्रसन्तु हर्ती[ रिती मतंगजास्
a:[ a: ] fHa Haaa tar il The divergent form proves that Jinamandana has used another source. 25. Prabandhacintāmani, p. 144.
26. The Kumārapālacarita gives the following anecdotes immediately after the first meeting. (1) Hemacandra declares the doctrines of all sects to be equally saving: pp. 36-38; (2) Hemacandra mentions the qualities of a man who is worthy (pātra) of pious gifts: pp. 38-39; (3) Hemacandra mentions to the King in Siddhapur the difference between Mahādeva and the Jina: pp. 39-40; (4) Some pious foundations of Jayasimha.
As regards the data, varying in time, of the other sources concerning these stories, soe pp. 21 f.
27. Colebrooke Misc. Essays II, p. 275, ed. Cowell, where it is also shown that Yas'ovarman probably ascended the throne only in the year V. S. 1190. The contradictory statement in the Kirtikaumudi II, 32, according to which the prince of Malvā, Naravarman, who was defeated by Jayasimha, was Yas'ovarman's predecessor, may be left without any consideration. For Yas'ovarman is distinctly mentioned in the Duyās'rayakāvya, and one may certainly trust that Hemacandra knew the name of the king who was defeated by his lord.
28. According to Forbes' extracts from the Duyās rayalāvya (Indian Antiquary, vol. IV. pp. 266 f.), Jayasimha did the following deeds after his return from Malvā: (1) Ho romained for a time in Siddhapura-Srīsthala, and had the Rudra Māla temple, or properly speaking the Rudramahālaya temple restored, and had a temple of Mahāvīra built; (2) he made a pilgrimage to Somnathpattan and Girnär; (3) After his return to Anhilvād, he had the Sahasralinga-lake dug, and caused many other gardens to be laid out. As Hemacandra in other places, where we can control him, givos events in their proper order, we may trust him here too. If we do this, then it goes without saying that Jayasimha must have reigned for a number of years after his return from Mālvā, and that this event could not have taken place later than the Vikrama year 1194,
29. Prabandhacintāmani pp. 161-171.
30. The verse is quoted by Klatt, Indian Antiquary, vol. XI, p. 254, Note 54. The Prabhavakacaritra does not mention directly Hemacandra's presence at the disputation. However, it hints at this. by giving a verse which Hemacandra is supposed to have composed in honour of the victory of the S'vetāmbaras. We read in XXI, 253-54: