Comprehensive History of Jainism Volume II

SR No.: 002003
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Aseem Kumar Chaterjee
Publisher: Firma KLM Pvt Ltd
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 414
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, History, & Religion
File Size: 19 MB

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this place, is dated in V.S. 1431, corresponding to 1373 A.D. For some other Digambara records, from this temple, see Bhārat ke Digambara Jaina tirtha, IV, pp. 110 ff. It was under the supervision of the monks of the Käshthā Sangha..
62. Diva :-This tirtha, sacred to Pārsvanātha, is situated in Junagarh district of Gujarat ; sec Tirtha Darsan, II, pp. 410 f.
63. Diyāņā :-This place in the Sirohi district, is famous for the old Jina temple, dedicated to Jivitasvāmi Mahävira. It was known as Nāpā in ancient times, and the relevant epigraphs, discovered from this place, prove that as early as the 10th century A.D., there was a temple, dedicated to Mahavira, in this place. Numerous other epigraphs havo also been discovered from the same tirtha ; see in this connexion, Jain, K.C, op.cit., pp. 415 ff.; and Nahar, Jain Inscriptions, I, Nos, 885 ff. ; see also Tirtha Dardan, Vol. I, pp. 268 f.
64. Dronagiri :--Dropagiri is generally identified with a small hill near the village Dropagiri in the Chhatarpur district of M. P. It has the temple of Adiśvara and also a few other shrines ; sec for details, Tirtha Darjan, II, p. 522; and Tirthavandanasangraha, p. 150. For a more detailed treatment, sce Bhārat ke Digambara Jaina tirtha, III, pp. 150 if. The earliest temple, dedicated to Adinātha, has an epigraph of V.S. 1549.
65. Dūngarapura :---This place, in the district of the same name, in Rajasthan, as we have already seen, was a centre of both the Svetāmbara and the Digambara Jains, from the 14th century (sce above, pp. 173 f.). The Pārsva temple, of this town, belonged to the Svetāmbaras and the Adinatha temple of tbis place, was under the supervision of the Digambaras,
66. Dvārasamudra :- This place is also called Dorasamudra and is situated in the Hassan district of Karpāțaka. The Punisa Jinālaya of this place, was built in the 11th century and was probably the earliest Jain shrine of Dvāra