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possessed a valuable philosophical work containing seven 

 hundred verses which was not available with any other 

 person. The book was carefully concealed and was never 

 shown to any man. Once while the Brahmana had gon,e 

 abroad, his wife was persuaded to show the book to 

 YaSovijaya who together with Vinayavijaya read it through 

 and committed the same to memory in one night. Next 

 morning he returned the book but reproduced a similar one. 

 The Brahmana came home and was surprised to learn that 

 YaSovijaya possessed duplicate copy of a work which was so 

 long considered to be his own exclusive property. His suspi- 

 cion was roused and on inquiry it was found that his pupil was an 

 adherent of the Jaina religion. The Brahmana told Ya6ovijaya 

 to leave Benares at once as it would not be to his advantage if 

 people were aware that a Jaina monk in the disguise of a 

 Brahmana ascetic studied the Brahmanic science. Yafiovijaya 

 left the city and at his departure regretted that as a monk he 

 did not possess any wealth to give to his Brahmana teacher. 

 He, however, invited the Brahmana to go to Guzerat if he ever 

 fell in want. Some years later the Brahmana visited Guzerat 

 and looked out for " Ya6a " which was a pet name for YaSovi- 

 jaya. At Cambay (Khambhat) he met with his distinguished 

 pupil who received him with honours and introduced him to 

 his numerous pupils and followers. They collected a sum of 

 36,000 rupees (2,400 pounds) which they gave to the Brahmana 

 as a present. In the Mandharastuti , a work in Guzerati, 

 YaSovijaya alludes to his visit to Benares as follows : 



" Staying in the academy at Benares, I well acquired a 

 wide knowledge of Logic (Nyaya)." * 



On his return to Guzerat YaSovijaya engaged himself to 



x. - .. T . correct the manners of the Jaina priests. 



priests™ Thi * is evident from the Mandharastuti 



in which he observes : — 



"Agreeably to the good advice of Vijayasimha Suri, the 

 Hig;h-priest, I have adopted this path and have succeeded in 

 saving the priests from utter ruin/ * % 



Yasovijaya received the title of Upadhyaya (Assistant Pro- 



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