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shortest finger of the right hand three circular lines round his body That priest let loose the serpents, but oh! what a wonder it was ! The serpents reached the circular lines and returned from there. They could not cross the circles and reach the body of the teacher Being tired, the serpents at last returned to the basket, and sat therein This added fuel to the fire of Kanhadiā' He felt as if his prestige was at stake As a last resort, he brought out the most poisonous serpent called 'Sindîrio' (on account of his yellow colour), but he also, reaching The circles, returned At this time, a malicious demi-goddess called Kûrūtûllā, who residing on a holy big tree near the residence of the teacher, was fascinated on account of the severe austerities of the teacher, came to the place and closed the mouth of the serpent That priest, having no other go, bowed don n to the great teacher, beseached his forgiveness, and retired to his own house,
He performed the ceremony of the installation of Candra prabhu in the Rusabha Jaina temple in the city of Ramasainya. pur in V S. 1010 In addition to this, preaching to the minister named Kūnkūna a righthand-man of the King of Candravati, he gave him "Diksa.' It is said that seventeen Jain temples owed their construction to the preachings of Sarvadèva Suri
Poet Dhanapāla.
There lived a noble Brāhmin in the town of Sankāsya situated in Madhya Déśa-the middle country He had two sons nameed Dhanapāla and Shobhana Both the brothers were intelligent from their childhood Dévarsi, the father of Sarvadeva was a revered political leader. At this time, Mahendra Suri was cousidered a pillar of the Jain-Religion His quiet and grave íace was enough to impress any one His knowledge was extensive. Travelling, he came to that town Hearing about the merits of the great teacher, Sarvadéva also came to the-Upāśarya-the place of residence of the teacher Listening to the preaching of the teacher he was highly wonderstruck He made some firm resolution in
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