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At the time Pattadhara Sri Vijayadāna Suri was at Pâtaya, Hiraji used to go there daily in order to pay homage to the preceptor and to listen to his sermon As a result he determined take Diksā.
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He pronounced his desire to his sister at an opportune moment His sister was a wise lady. She neither nodded her head nor shook it At last, however, he convinced her and got initiated on Monday the 2nd of the dark half of the month of Kārttika in V. S. 1596. He was then named "Hiraharsa" Eight other persons too followed the suit.
The preceptor wished him to be skilled in the Science of Logic or Nyaya-sastra Deccan was in those days considered as the land of expert logicians. Hence at the Guru's command Hiraharsa Muni, accompanied by Dharmasagara and Rājavimala, went to Dévagiri or modern Daulatābād. And during his stay there he studied such difficult works on Logic as the "Cintamaņi”.
After his return from Devagiri, he was awarded the status of a Pandita at Näḍālâî (Mar war) in V S 1607 Similarly, in 160s, at the same place did he receive the dignity of a Vācaka or Upadhyāya; and in V. S. 1610 the dignity of an Acarya bestowed upon him at Shirohi which latter occasion was well celebrated by Canga Mehta of Shirohi. Thence was he named Śri Hiravijaya Sûri
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