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shrine of the Lord Jineswar, Once upon a time some women gave as alms to the asceties 'Vadās' (a kind of fried food) that were enchanted. The guru ordered his disciples to throw these 'Vadis' on to the ground, and these turned into stones. Then, these women were supplied with seats to sit on. The seats were enchanted by the Guru with a mysterious hymn with the result that the women felt stuck to them. Showing pity to them, the Guru then set them free, in the same way in Vidyapur, the women of other sects wanted to disturb the Quru in his lecture and with this object, they, with the power of hymns produced a collection of hair round his neck. To punish them, the Guru made them stuck to their seats as before. When they promised never to do so again, and when the Jain society requested, the women were released
Because of the fear of a sage, ascetics could not stay permanently in Ujjain, yet Dharmaghoşa Sari went there with his pupils. The sage said to the ascetics, “Have you come here to stay long ?" They replied, “Yes, we want to stay here long, What will you do ?" Then, when the sage showed them his teeth, the ascetics showed him their elbows. Then, the asceties informed this matter to their teacher. Then the sage produced a number of rats in the Upäsraya. The asceties began to be afraid of the sight The Guru, covering a pot with a piece of cloth, began to repeat the hymn in such a way that the sage came running and crying, and knelt down at the feet of the Guru.
In a certain town, there was a custom of closing the doors of an Upasraya after enchanting them. Once the doors were closed without enchanting, so witches entered and lifted the seat on which the Guru was sitting. He made them stuck to the ground there and then and only when they promised never to do so, they were set free.
Once, when the great teacher was stung by a snake the society failing to find out any one, requested Quru to suggest
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