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of general peace, he caused to be thrown into water the “Kumatimatakuddala," composed by his own disciple Upadhyaya Śrt Dharmasagara, and immediately afterwards, he issued a decree of seven instructions Preventing the followers of different sects from mutual altercations, he bade them to let it go on as it did.
It was the time of political disorder. The Hindu rulers envied one another, thus forgetting the maxim "Union is strength.” The Moghals, on their part, being conversent with this situation, were ambitions of extending their sway to every corner of the country. In order to establish their anthority they used even to destroy temples.
As the Pattadhara, Sri Vijaya Dana Sūri had to be careful about the preservation of libraries, images, etc And with the lapse of time, the Moghals became more and more steady and things began to be settled.
The Suri had installed Jina-images, with due festivities, at such plaees as Khambháta, Ahmedabad, Patan, Méhsāgā and Qandhára
Moreover, having secured the unprecedented freedom from taxations for such a long time as six months, through instructions to Galarāja or Malik Nagadal, the favourite minister of Suitāna Muhammud, and hailing the divine mount Satrunjaya with pearls etc, in company of caravans from various places that had arrived in reply to his invitation, he had accomplished pilgrimage in the fashion of Bharata Cakrin.
In the like way, had his instructions inspired merchants like Shah Ramaji of Candhara and Shah Kuvarjî of Ahmedabad to erect caumukha, Aståpada and other Jaina temples on the Holy Satrunjaya. He also got repaired temples on the Girnara.
Skilled disputants also disappeared with his rise, even as the stars do at the Sun's rise.
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