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It is said that Upadhyâya Vinaya Vijayaji was, at one time, living at Khambhāt during the four months of the rainy season. Khambhat was at that time a very properous sea-port of Quje. rāt. The Śrävakas were wealthy and they had perfect faith in the Guru and the Religion of the Jineśvaras There were many Brāhmin Paņdits at Khambhät. They used to come to the vya. khyana of Upadhyâya Vinaya Vijayaji and hold discussions on various topics Upadhyāyaji was not able to give regular vyākhyānas, and the Śrāvakas who were daily coming there for hearing the preaching, being unable to get the preaching, were greatly annoyed. They requested Upadhyāya Mahāraja Śrī Yasovi jayaji to come to Khambhật and to find out a suitable remedy, Upadhyāya Mahārāja Sri Yaśovijayajı came to Khambhāt, and found out a trick, Having composed a verse full of many Labials, he applied the verse written on a piece of paper to the main door of the Upāshraya, with the condition that he who is able to recite the verse correctly in such a way that red pigment applied to his lower lip, must not touch his upper lip. Being unable to accomplish the feat successfully, the Brāhmins. went away. Being requested to do the feat himself, Upādhyâya Yatovijayaji applied red pigınent to his lower lip and fluently recited the verse correctly without his lower lip touching the upper one, as he was habituated to do it. Brāhmins were disappointed. Notwithstanding their defeat, the Brahmins, requested Yošovijayaji for a public discussion in the King's Court there On Yofovijayaji Mahārāja consenting to do it, it was mutually agreed that if Yašovijayaji was defeated, he would abandon his ascetic apparei as a Jaina Sadhu, and accept Brāhmin Dharma.
If the Brähmins were defeated, five hundred Brahmins should accept Jaina Dharma. The terms of agreement were inscribed on a piece of copper-plate The discussion commended.
Upadhyāya Yatovijayaji was called upon to put forward the Pūrva Paksa. He commenced the work in fluent Sanskrit with numerous logical arguments in favour of his Thesis. The argu
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