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acquired a handsone disciple, took him to his Upāśraya, and initiated the highly intelligent child into his Order of Monks with due ceremony.
Then inquiring about the age-limit of Manaka Muni, the Ācārya Mahārāja knew that he had only six months left as his age-limit. He then thought, "How can this short-lived child acquire a knowledge of the Scriptures within such a short period of time ? Highly talented benevolent sages of former times have declared that saints with a knowledge of the fourteen Pūrvas or ten Pūrvas at least, can independently compose Sūtras embodying the essence of the Siddhantas. An opportunity of instructing Manaka Muni in a short time has arisen, let me, therefore, compose a collection of the essence of the Siddhānta. " With this idea in his mind, Ācārya Sayyambhava Súri composed a Sūtra named a tfexa Daśavaikālika Sūtra containing an essence of the Siddhāntas. The work was called Manifestam Vaikālika, as it was composed during evenings, and it was called reif Daśa-valkālika as it contained ten chapters. The most excellent and highly cumpassionate Ācārya Sriman Sayyambhava-Sūri hitiself commenced the teaching of the Daśavaikālika Sūtra to Manaka Muni. Within six months, the whole sūtra was taught to him. At the end of that period, when Manaka Muni was on his death-bed, the Ācārya himself did all the ceremony of giving him vows of repentence and misgivings, and of admonishing him to keep his mind on the three gem-like objects of worship of the Jain Siddhānta viz ve Suddha Déva, Pure God, Eye Sudaha Guru, Pure Teacher, and JEST Śuddha Dharma, Pure Religion.
At the death-time of Manaka Muni, when drops of tears flowed uninterruptedly from the eyes of Ācārya Mahārāja Sayyambliava Sūri like a shower of autumnal rains, the distressed and Estonished Yaśobhadra Muni and other disciples, respectfully inquired “O worshipful master ! Why should there be such an improper behaviour on your part ? What inexplainable reason is there, that you are so much grieved at !”
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