 He was initiated as a Jain "yati" (a Jain monk who stays in the same place) by Hemavijay at Udaipur on Vaishakh Shukla 5 Vikram Samvat 1904 (in 1848 CE) and given a new name, Ratnavijay.He was the first yati initiated in the 19th century.Later his name was changed to Rajendrasuri upon his elevation to acharya rank.