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Āc'arya ship in 1332. When the teacher began to offer him Mantra pūstikā (a book of secred hymns) he, the knower of eleven 'Angas' said, “pure character itself is Mantra past.kā' and did not accept it. As no one else deserved to have that book it was handed over to the water (it was thrown into it)
On account of 'Apkāya's Virādhanā' Śree Soniaprabha Sûri had forbidden ascetics to travel to the country of 'Jala Kunkapa' and on account of the scarcily of water in Maru-deśa, the ascetics were forbidden to travel to that country also
Once there were two Kartika-months in a year The great Guru, due to his spiritual knowledge, knew beforehand that a great calamity was to befall Bhimapalli in future and hence he started for the monsoon camp on the four teenth day of the very first Kārtika-month. The eleven ac'āryas (leaders) of other gac'chas were ignorant of the said calamity. Then befell the calamity and Palli was destroyed. Those who disobeyed the order of the teacher had to suffer.
The following are the books written by him:-Yatı-jita-kalpaYsutra; atrā khiletyādi-prayers, Jinena-yeneta-prayers; Śreemaddharmetyadi-prayers and Arādhanā Payanno.
He had four pupils named (1) Sree Vimalprabha-Sūri; (2) Sree Paramānand Säri, (3) Śree PadmatilakaSūri and (4) Śree Somatilaka Sürt.
In the very year when śree Dharmaghosa Suri left the world in v. S 1357, Sree Somaprabha Sûri gave Ac'ārya'ship to Śree Vimalaprabha, but he lived a short life. Then, knowing that the end of his life was approaching near, he made in v s. 1373, Śree Paramānand Suri and Somatılaka Sûri as 'Ac'aryas' and after the lapse of three months in v. S. 1373, Śree Somaprabha Sūri went to heaven As he had a separate residence ir Stambha-tırtha, the people residing in the neighbourhood saw the sky full of light and shouted out "A Vimāna
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