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their attendant petty quarrels with regard to different interpretatious about a very minor text in connection with Tithi (auspicious days of the month, promulgated by certain Ācāryas. It has done much greater harm to the Jaina community than any or all of the abovenamed Gacchas
The Jaina Sanghas of Mālvā and Deccan did Mahotsava (festivals); also Ācârya Mahārāja Sri Déva Suriji was respected more by Emperor Jehanger than what Ācārya Mahārāja Jagad Guru Sriman Hira Vijaya Suriji was by Emperor Akbar
Guru Mahārāja then went to Diva Bunder in Saurastra and requested by one Portuguese Governor, he lived there for two rainy seasons. Then, he went to Navă Nagara (Jam Nagara) and leading a number of devout persons to the Right Path, he went ts satrunjaya Giri for pilgrimage. He passed the four months of the rainy season at Khambhāt. Then at Sabali, Guru Mahārāja did the difficult austerity of Sûri Mantra for three months with due ceremony, and he remained there during the four months of the rainy season. He did two pratisthās (inst-, allation ceremonies) and coming to Idara he did three pratisthās (inastallation ceremonies) Then coming to Arăśana and other scred places with a large Sangha, he went to Posinā Nagara, and did the work of installation ceremony of images of Tirthankras in five temples repaired at great cost by the Jainas. Then, he installed the main image at Ārâsana Tirtha. The Guru Mahärāja then went to Idara at the request of king Kalyana Malla of Idara and he appointed Vijaya Simha Susı as his successor on the sixth day of the bright half of Vaisakha V S. 1681 and Sha Sanaju spent a large sum of money during the festival.
Becoming pleased with the festivities, King Kalyana Malla of Idara invited Ācārya Mahāraja Sriman Déva Sūriji to mount Raṇamalla Cocki and having done religious discussion, the king requested the Guru Mahārāja to perform the installation ceremony of the image of a Tirthankara in a temple built by himself,
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