________________ 2) King Candrasekhara also visited this sacred place and was emancipated after fasting unto death. > A similar allusion in the Gujarati hymn Siddhacala gavum re by Sakalacandra: bhagini bhogi uddharyo, je Candrasekhara narinda (in Jaina Ratna Samgraha p. 71). Basic information about Abhinandana: see chart above and section 3. below. 3) 16 1) 2) Basic information about Santinatha: see chart above and section 3. below, At the end of santinatha's sermon where he celebrated the greatness of Shatrunjaya, the king Cakrayudha (who is also santinatha's son) asked from him the favour of getting the title sanghapati to go to this extraordinary place. This permission was granted. The Lord poured vasaksep from the golden tray which was being held by Indra and granted the title of sanghapati to Cakrayudha. The latter came back home in joy. He wrote messages to all countries. The community met. Indra ordered a temple. An image of Santinatha made of precious stone was installed there. The whole community went to Shatrunjaya and performed various religious acts. Then they came down the hill. They saw the old temple of the Lord. They got a new one made, in a way similar to what Bharata had done. Back home, Cakrayudha gave the kingdom to his son and took the vows at the feet of Santinatha. He was emancipated at Sammetasikhara after having fasted unto death for one month. > SatrMah. VIII.625ff. The story is adduced as an explanation of the name of a site called Simha-udyana on Shatrunjaya. A very aggressive lion tried to jump on santinatha. Each time, he failed and had to recede. Each time his anger increased and he jumped again. This happened thrice. Seeing that santi remained fully quiet, the lion gave up and started to think that he was a great man. He was worried about what his next birth would be since he had insulted this great man. Santi narrated his earlier birth (where he was a Brahmin who practiced sacrifice and killed animals) and enlightened him. As a result the lion performed fast unto death and was reborn in the eighth heaven. Through avadhiknowledge he wondered which good action was the cause of his rebirth as a god. He understood that this was due to santinatha's help. He got a temple dedicated to the Lord installed within Simhavana. Those who are devoted to the Lord's worship will see their desires fulfilled. From this time this sacred place became known as Simhavana. > SatrMah. VIII.586ff.; Kanchansagarsuri (1982) p. 13. 20 3) Sto 1) Basic information about Munisuvrata: see chart above and section 3. below. 2) Pilgrimage of Ramacandra to Shatrunjaya, renovation and Emancipation. Story of king Candraraja who was a contemporary of Munisuvrata. From this rather complicated story only the elements which are relevant to Shatrunjaya, and more precisely, to the power of the water of its Suryakunda, are retained in the Ladnun scroll Candraraja had been transformed into a cock by his step-mother the queen Viramati who was in possession of some magic powers. He had to suffer this condition for almost 16 years. The sixteenth 6 See below section 24 the story of king Mahipala who also benefited from the curative power of the water of Suryakunda. 136 -पटदर्शन
