Jain Inscriptions of Rajasthan

SR No.: 001596
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ramvallabh Somani
Publisher: Rajasthan Prakrit Bharti Sansthan Jaipur
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 350
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Art, & History
File Size: 17 MB

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Dharana and Ratna Shah did not contribute to building any further parts in it. Ratna's descendants profusely spent money in constructing the temple of Achalgarh but they did not show any interest in Ranakpur. The descendants of Vimal Shah took great interest in Vimal Vasati at Abu and the temple was enlarged by them during the 12th century A.D. by adding the Mandap, Hastishala, Devakulikas etc.
Jalore :
Jalore is also known as Swarnagiri, Nandi Vardhan Giri etc. The Chauhans became known as Sonagiras because they had lived here for long. It is one of the most important Jain sites of Rajasthan. The Prabandh-Chintamani,61 the Puratan-Prabandh-Sangrah and other Jain chronicles record that the Pratihar king Nagabha I, also known as Nahadray, built the Yaksa-Vasati (Jain temple) in the Jalore, fort. During the reign of Pratihar king Vatsaraj, there stood a big Jain temple dedicated to Rishabhdeva, Udhyotan Suri composed his famous work, the Kuvalayamala62 in 778 A.D. in this temple. Shresthi Yashovir added a Mandap to this temple in the 12th century A.D. The inscriptions63 of V. E. 1239 (1182 A.D.) adds that this Mandap which was intricately carved in the most beautiful manner was a marvellous specimen of art. The town also had a Mahavir temple. It is referred to in an inscription64 of V.E. 1294 (1237 A.D.). In an inscription dated V.E. 1175 (1118 A.D.) incised on a pedestal of an icon lying near the Sandelav Tank, the word65 Jabalipuriya Chaitya" is mentioned, whereas in the above inscription of V.E. 1294 (1237 A.D.) the name occurs as Jabalipuriya-Mahavir Chaitya. Evidently both epigraphs point
61. For details see author's paper "Ancestor of Pratihar King Nagbhat 1" published in Vishweshwaran and Indological Journal Vol. IX No. II Paper No. 298.
62. The Kuvalayamala (SJGM) colophon, verses 18 to 20.
63. Jin Vijay No. 351 verses 4 and 5.
64. ibid No. 361.
65. ibid No. 360. This inscription mentions that a Khatak of Suvidhideva was added to the temple.