pratiShThA mahotsavanI nimantraN–patrikAmAn thayel A ullekh uparathI khyAlamAn Avashe ke
jainasamAjamAn panDitajInun sthAn keTalun mahattvanun hatun, ne jayapurano jainasamAj temanAthI
keTalun gaurav anubhavato hato.
yojanA pt.. shrI ToDaramallajIe banAvI hatI ane jayapurathI keTalAk bhAIone tyAn
mokalyA hatA; temAn be hajAr rUpIA kharcha karyA ane e kAryamAn pAnch varSha lAgyA;
temAnthI ek vyaktinun to tyAn ja (dakShiNamAn) mRutyu thayun; paN temAn saphaLatA na maLI.
chhatAn paN shrutanI tIvra bhaktithI prayatna chAlu rAkhyo. jo nAnI vaye temanun akAL
avasAn thayun na hot to jarUr temanA samayamAn ja te ShaTkhanDAgam Adi grantho jayapur
AvI gayA hot. topaN karNATakalipimAn te granth AvyA, tene teo paDhavA lAgyA ane
tenI lipi lakhavA lAgyA,– e keTalI AshcharyanI vAt chhe.
jevA sarvopayogI mahatvapUrNa granthanI rachanA karI. A rIte shrImAn panDitajIe mokShamArga–
prakAshak–granth vagere dvArA shuddha jainamArgano prakAsh karyo, ane shithilAchAr pAkhanD tathA
asatyamArgano niShedh karIne je mahAn krAnti karI, te sahan nahi thavAthI keTalAk vidveShI–
vidharmIoe ShaDyantradvArA moTo atyAchAr karelo, eTalun ja nahi, panDitajI upar khoTA
AkShep mukIne chhaLakapaTadvArA rAjAne temanI viruddha ushkeryA, jenA pariNAme temane hAthInA pag
nIche kachaDAvIne mArI nAnkhavAmAn AvyA. (san. 1824nA kAratak sud 7 e temano dehAnt
divas gaNAy chhe) te vakhate temanI vay mAtra 27 varShanI hatI. jainagaganano ek jhaLakato
sItAro pUrNapaNe jhaLake tyAr pahelAn ja astangat thaI gayo. chhatAn ATalA TUnk AyumAn temaNe
jain sAhityanI mahatvapUrNa rachanAo dvArA shrutadevImAtAnI ane jainasamAjanI ghaNI kimmatI
sevA karI chhe. jayapuramAn temanI shAstrasabhAmAn 800 jeTalA tattvarasik shrotAo thatA;
gommaTasAr vagere shAstrono abhyAs sharU thayo hato tathA mahilAo paN tattvacharchAmAn ras
levA lAgI hatI. hAlamAn jayapuramAn godIkAparivAr taraphathI ‘shrI ToDaramallajI–smArak
bhavan’ thaI rahyun chhe ne te bhavanadvArA AdhyAtmik sAhityanA prachAranun dhyey apanAvavAmAn
Avyun chhe, e harShanI vAt chhe. AvA adhyAtmarasik mahAn shrutopAsak adhyAtmarasik
shrImAn pt.. shrI ToDaramallajI sambandhI keTalok parichay ApaNe ahIn karyo; evA ja bIjA ek
adhyAtmarasik vidvAn pt.. shrI banArasIdAsajIno parichay AgAmI ankamAn karIshun.