Saravali Painnayam

SR No.: 001633
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: D S Baya
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan
Publication Year: 2004
Total Pages: 122
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Agam, Canon, History, & agam_anykaalin
File Size: 6 MB

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PREFACE : LXXI this time. After this, in the year 1587 VE (1530 AD), Karamāśā ha of Cittauda established a Jina idol in the temple of Javadašā ha. This ceremony was conducted by Sri Vidyāmandanasűri ji. Apart from these, satruñjayakalpa by Dharmaghosasuri of the Tapāgaccha mentions construction of temples here by Samprati, Vikramāditya, Sātavāhana, Pādalipta, and Ama, but at present no proofs to verify the truth about these mentions are available. Though all these are historical personalities, it is not possible to ascertain whether these claims are historical or merely folklore.
Besides these, the mentions of construction of Jina temples, here, by Vastupāla, Pethadaśāha, Tejapāla (Khambhāta), etc. are also found. To give a complete description of the temples at Šatruñjaya and their makers will require an independent treatise. It is neither possible nor desirable to dwell upon all those details, here, in this introduction. Those desirous of more material on this subject may refer to the books – ‘The Temples Of Pālitana' by James Burgess and "Satrunjaya Vaibhava by Muni Kāntisā gara. It is worthy of note that these two volumes have been written with due historical discretion in regard to their contents and are investigative to a certain extent, in comparison to the works like Śatruñjayakalpa, Śatruñjaya Mahātmya, etc, which seem to be based on folklore and are mythological in character rather than being investigative. They are more objects of faith and belief rather than factual. In these volumes the rewards to be gained by undertaking penance and giving charities at the satruñjaya have been exaggerated in order to attract the common believer to this tirtha and it has happened. The truth is that even up to the 7th century AD this place had not gained much importance. It started gaining it from the 10th century AD and it became a major place of pilgrimage for the followers of the Svetambara Jaina sect of the western and southern parts of the country. Although some