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In V. S. 1029 a poet named Dhanapâla wrote a book called Desinâma Māla In V S 1096 Sree Śântisūri the Commentator of Uttaradhyayana Sūtra, and the follower of Thirapadra Gaccha the Vädi Vétāl,-departed from this world
On the seat of Sarvadéva Sūri, śree Déva Sūri who was honoured by the king with title of Rupasrî came as the 37th Pattadhara.
On his seat ascended śree Sarvadeva Sari the second as the 38th Pattadhara. He bestowed the degree of Sūri on Yasobhadra, Nemicandra.
36. Śree Sarvadéva Sûri
Sarvadéva Sûri ascended the seat of Udyotana Súri. He was not only a great ascetic. but he also possessed great ability to preach He was known as a new Gautama Swami as he was in possession of many pupils At the instance of Sarvânîbhậti,-the demigod,- he was appointed by Udyotana Sari as the protector of the seat.
Once, while travelling, he happend to come to Broach. He was received by the Jain society with the honour befitting a great priest. As the proverb says-The king gives gifts, and the treasurer envies'-an inhabitant of Broach who was a priest named Kānhadio could not bear the sight of this great reception. He was jealous of this great honour given to the Guru ( the great teacher ) He made up his mind to humiliate and underrate the teacher at any cost As that priest was well versed in the art of enchantment, he had a great collection of serpents. He had kept under his control, the serpents possessing the strongest venom The people, seeing such wonderful power in him, respected him much. Conuing to the Upâśraya ( a sort of a monastery where monks temporarily reside ) with his basket of snakes, he started to argue The teacher drew with his
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