Vijyanandsuri Swargarohan Shatabdi Granth

Author(s): Navinchandra Vijaymuni, Ramanlal C Shah, Shripal Jain
Publisher: Vijayanand Suri Sahitya Prakashan Foundation Pavagadh

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The dramas and other religious activities were regularly organized there. Som Sunder also sat there. The people in large number came regularly there to pay homage to him. Soon after, when he expired in V.E.1499, he was cremated at Ranakpur.
Som Sunder Suri had a large number of pupils. We find the names of Jagchandra Suri, Somdeva Suri, Bhuvan Sunder Suri, Jin Sunder Suri and others. These Acharyas remained mostly in Mewar. It was the period of Maharana Kumbha, who was a very learned and able ruler. He go versified the Sangitaraj and built the famous Kirti Stambha, Kumbhalgarh fort and many temples at Chittor, Kumbhalgarh, Eklingji, Achaleshwar (Abu) and many other places. He venerated the Jain Monks. He gave the epithet of 'Kaviraj' to Somdev Suri. At the time of celebrations of Ranakpur temple, Somdev Suri received the title of 'Vachak'. The Som Saubhagya Kavya mentions that he always spoke in sweet tongue. In the religious discussion, no competitor could stand against him. On account of his
ued oratory, the competitors always avoided rivalling him. The Som Saubhagya Kavya further mentions that Maharana Kumbha, who was famed an invincible conqueror, respected him very much. Some scholars compare Somdev with Siddhasen Diwakar, Bappa Bhatti and Hem Chandra. The Guru Guna Ratnakar Kavya mentions him as the vanquisher of rivals. It is also stated that Maharana Kumbha respected him due to his poetic excellence
Jayanand was another poet who flourished before V.E.1478. He was a great scholar. Due to his knowledge of Sanskrit and philosophy, he was known as Krishna Saraswati. He composed Pathyakhyan Vivarna Samuktava Kaumudi and Pratikraman Vidhi. Jin Harsh Gani was his pupil who composed Vastupal Charita V.E.1497, at Chittor. It was composed in Sanskrit and contains manifold details. Even after two hundred years of the death of Vastupal and Tejpal, such details appearing in the work required much time in compilation of matter. It was published in V.E.1998 by Kirti Muni from Shanti Suri Jain Granth Mala. The Rayan Sehari Kaha was composed in Prakrit. The author was a competent scholar who furnished much detail of architectural scenes, natural atmosphere, and others
The Tapagachcha Gurvavli was composed by Jin Vardhan Gani. It is an historical work having much detail of each Acharya. Visal Ratan Gani
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