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and on the Second day of the dark half of Bhadrapada V. S. 1773 Acārya Sri Vijaya Ratna Sori died at Udepadura. The Sarigha of Udeyapura had a State (monumental canopy ) built on the place of his cremation.
Upadhāya Kirti Vijaya Gani.
Upadhyāya Kirtivijayaji was a prominert person of the age in which he lived-He had his Diksä at the blessed hands of Jagad Quru Ācārya Mahärja Srî Hira Vijaya Sûrijt at Ahmedabad in V. S. 1631. At that time eighteen persons had taken Dikşå along with him. Soma Vijaya and Kirtivijaya were brothers. Both took dikşā on the same day. A third person named Dhana Vijaya was one of the party. He had composed a Commentary on Sri Adhyatma Kalpa-druma written by Sri Muni Sundar Sūri,
Form his young age, Upadhyāya Kirtivijayaji was a well-versed eminent man. He was very clever in Grammar. Hs was un-assailable in the the Science of Scientific Reasoning. He was always willing to do benevolent actions. He was an ocean of indifference to worldly objects. He was the author of a learned work named Vicāra Ratnākara which is a proof of his vast knowledge.
He was the Guru( preceptor ) of Pandit Vinaya Vijayaji Gani.
Pannyåsa Sri Satya Vijaya Gani.
He was born at Gadalu-grāma in Malwă in V. S. 1680; father's name was Viracandra and his mother's name was Viramadevi. His other name was Sivaraja, dva-rāja had Diksă in V.S. 1694 when he was Fourteen years old. He was given Pannyāsa Pada in V. S. 1759 at Sojat in Marwar.
Pannyäsa Satya Vijaya Gani was a disciple of Acarya Vijaya Simha Sürijl. He was highly self-restrained and intent on pure religious rites. He was distressed to see much slackness towards religious observances among Sadhus, and so, he requested permişsion from his Quru Mahārāja, Acarya Vijaya Şimha Sūriji. to
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