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{{Infobox person
|name = Muni Mohjit Vijayji
|birth_name = Mahendra Kumar Mota
|birth_date = {{birth date|1944|10|14|df=y}}
|image = Muni Mohjit Vijayji.jpg
|caption =
|death_date = {{death date and age|2000|09|02|1944|10|10|df=y}}
|other names=Mota Pandit Maharaj Saheb}}

'''Muni Mohjit Vijayji'''<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Remembering-the-scholar/articleshow/5301822.cms?|title=Remembering the scholar|date=5 December 2009|work=Times Of India|access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=Jain|first=Palash|title=English: He was widely acclaimed as "powerhouse of knowledge" by Times of India|date=2016-11-17|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mohjit_MS_Times_Of_India_2000-_Powerhouse_of_knowledge.jpg|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>(14 October 1944 – 2 September 2000) born as '''Mahendra Kumar Mota,''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gitarthganga.com/visionary/|title=visionary – Gitarth Ganga|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-27}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web | url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gujrat_Editorial_-_Highlighting_about_Muni_Mohjit_Vijayji.jpg |title = English: Highlights about Muni Mohjit Vijayji in one of the Gujrat Editorial|date = 2019-05-02}}</ref> Jain ascetic of [[Śvētāmbara|Swetambe]]<nowiki/>r tradition was a disciple of Acharya [[Ramchandrasuri]] and was initiated in monkhood on 29 April 1979 along with his younger brother Navinkumar (Renowned as [[Jainacharya Yugbhushan Surishwarji]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/cover-story/Monks-who-gave-up-their-Ferraris/articleshow/35649479.cms|title=Monks who gave up their Ferraris|date=April 7, 2014|website=Ahmedabad Mirror|language=en|access-date=2019-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/lQ6a1mlkovLV2BQ1SDswDK/Meet-the-millennial-monks.html|title=Meet the millennial monks|access-date=27 April 2019|date=2018-02-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/iitian-gives-up-cushy-job-family-for-diksha/articleshow/62515420.cms|title=IITian gives up cushy job, family for diksha|date=January 16, 2018|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/29-yo-iitian-has-renounced-the-world-in-pursuit-of-spirituality-by-becoming-a-jain-monk-337759.html|title=29-YO IITian Has Renounced The World In Pursuit Of Spirituality By Becoming A Jain Monk|date=2018-01-16|website=indiatimes.com|language=en|access-date=2019-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/jains-protest-plan-to-convert-sacred-hill-into-tourist-centre/articleshow/66200246.cms|title=Jains protest plan to convert sacred hill into tourist centre|date=October 14, 2018|first=Bhavika|last=Jain|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hellomumbainews.com/current-news/achayra-guru-yugbhushan-suri-ji-maharaj-pandit-maharaj-tweeted-on-foreign-policy/|title=Achayra Guru Yugbhushan Suri ji Maharaj (Pandit Maharaj) Tweeted on Foreign Policy|last=Shaikh|first=Aleem|website=Hello Mumbai News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-27}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/women-should-not-enter-sabarimala-jain-acharya-pandit-maharaj-1370232-2018-10-18|title=Women should not enter Sabarimala: Jain acharya Pandit Maharaj|author=Pankaj P. Khelkar |date=October 18, 2018 |magazine=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-04-27}}</ref>). Both brothers are widely known as 'Mota Pandit Maharaj Saheb' and '[[Jainacharya Yugbhushan Surishwarji|Nana Pandit Maharaj Saheb]]' respectively in view of their expertise in Jain scriptures.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" />

== Life ==
Muni Mohjit Vijayji, as a spiritual leader of [[Śvētāmbara|Swetamber]] Jain tradition, had contributed to the book ''That Which Is'',<ref>{{Cite book|title=That Which Is: Tattvartha Sutra (Sacred Literature Trust Series)|isbn=9780300165296|last1=Umasvati|first1=Nathmal|date=May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/05/22/Prince-Philip-launches-first-sacred-literature-trust/5718611812800/|title=Prince Philip launches first sacred literature trust|website=UPI|language=en|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> known as the [[Tattvartha Sutra]] to Jains. Book is recognized by all four Jaina traditions as the earliest, most authoritative and comprehensive summary of Jain religion.

== Recognition ==
He was widely acclaimed as “Powerhouse of knowledge” by [[The Times of India]].<ref name=":0" />

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[[Category:1944 births]]
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[[Category:Jain monks]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian Jains]]
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[[Category:Indian religious leaders]]

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