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through it, read it, tried to retain knowledge from it, and replaced it where it was In the same way he had obtained the unique work of Suri Siddhasena Diväkara lying in the temple of Mahakäl, read it and had obtained knowledge from it By the the repetition of 'Mayā Bija' (a sort of mysterious hym ) three crores and a half times, he had secured help from a god. It is said that during the period of the repetition of the hyman the 64 malicious goddesses had done many eftocts to create hindrance but it was to no purpose and ultimate the Guru had defeated them by his power and had brought them under his
own control
It is reported that he worked many miracles during his life.
Śree Jina-datta Suri came to Vadanagar during the course of travel. The Jealous brahnmis putting a cow before the temple started a rumonr that the Jains here Violent The micident excited the Jains and they requested the aura to make them free from this charge The Guru started repeating holy verses, called the demi god 'Vyantar' and said to him, "Enter the body of this dead cow, make her alive, and make her walk to the temple of god Siva, and comingout of her body and having her corpse there, go away" To the great wonder of the people, the dead cow got up and began to walk, and reaching the temple of god Śiva again she became dead The confused the brahmin community being afraid of the great power of the Guru came him and begged his parden for their evil ded.
In the similar way with the help of a deity the dead prince of a Mogal governor at Broach was brought to life
His 'Diksa-guru' was Dévabhadra but after the death of Śree Jin-Valiabhasuri the pupil and Pattadhar of Devasūri, nove else appeared as great as Jina datta Suri, and, therefore he was installed as the Pattadhara of Jinavallabh Suri,
Jinadatta Suri was of a little proud natured person and the questions put to him were very accurately and minately answered
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