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Pandita-marana (pious death)". Theirs, was a great self-denial-hence true heroism.
Among the Ratta generals, Muni Chandradeva wielded great power. He was connected with the Kanuara-gana of the Digambara Jainas and was a well-versed scholar of Jainism. When he saw that the Ratta king was in danger and his kingdom was at stake, an attack on which amounted to an onslaught on Jainism, because the Rattas were Jainas and glorified Jainism, he atonce came forward and assumed the powers of a minister and general. "Muni Chandra", according to a Saundatti inscription "by his glorious lustre caused to fade the lotus-like faces of the enemy kings, and brought prosperity and joy to the people on earth; by his valour he extended the ocean in the form of the kingdom of the Ratta princes; and thus he bore the name Chandra in the real sense of the term (as that luminary causes to fade the day lotuses and brings joy to the ocean). Because of his political advice he was the preceptor of Kartavirya; to make his son Laksamideva profici
१. . "अहिमारएण रिणवदिम्म मारिदे गहिद समण लिंगेण ।
उड्डाहव समणत्थं सत्थग्गहणं अकासिगणी ॥७॥ सगडालएण वितथा सत्यग्गहणेण साधिदो अत्थो। वररुइपोगहेदुरुड्डे णन्दे महोपउगे ॥७॥
_ raat syrirTATI
