The Sacred Books of the Jainas. The Building of the Cosmos or Panchastikayasara. (The Five Cosmic Constituents)

The story further turns upon his religious tours: The mention of his name as the wisest of mgrtals in the Samarasarana of SreMantharaswami in Purvavideha the visit of the two Charanas to verify the fact his supposed irreverence to them on account of hisviii THE HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION. [...] concentration the return of the Charanas in disgust the explanation of th e misunderstood event the reconciliation between the Charanas and Sri Kunda Kunda and the latter's visit to the Satnavasarana with the Charanas are all incidents mentioned in detail. [...] The praise of Agriculture as the noblest occupation is consistent with the traditions of the Vellalas the landed aristocracy of South India who were evidently the earliest adherents to laina faith in this part of the c ountry. [...] The works attributed to him are the Prabhritasara the Pravachanasara the Samayasara the Rayanasara and the Dvadasanupreksha. [...] xiii So no difference appears between the people and the Sramanas in respect of the Siddhanta (in the opinion) of the people Vishnu makes (every thing) (in the opinion) of the SramAras the Soul makes (every thing).