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opportunity to witness it." And when this was arranged, it needs hardly be started that the opponents were completely calmed down by Śri Vijayasenasari he proved himself an irresistible disputant.
Even the Emperor was wonderstruck by the distinct nature of God so vividly sketched by the Suri. He advanced the following verse taken from the sacred treatises of the opponents themselves : “Yam saivāh samupăsate siva iti
brahmeti vedāntino. Bauddha buddha iti pramanapatavah
karmeti mimāṁsakāḥ 1. Arhannityatbh jainasasanararatāḥ
karteti naiyayikan So'yam vo vidadhatu väicchitaphalam
trailokyanatho hariņ 11." Which specifically states that the same Cod or Hari is termed differently by the followers of different religions,
He then put forth the following verse about the acceptance of the Sun as a deity : "Adhāma dhāmadhämedam vayameva svacetasi
1. Yasyāstavyasane prāpte tyajāmo bhojanodake
11" Which refers to the fact that the Jainas do not take anything after the Sun sets.
Finally, as to the holy Ganges, he asked them all to consider the fact that the water of the holy river is invariably used in such sacred rites as installing of Jina images.
When the Emperor observed such marvellons talents in the preceptor, he conferred upon him the title of “Süri-savāî.”
The Suriji had defeated also the Digambara äcārya Bhūsaga with whom a disputation was arranged at Surat.
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