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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us (p. 30) that Ala-Ud-din himself came and destroyed it in V.S. 1367. An epigraph of V.S. 1:25, discovered from Sanchor, not only calls it a mahasthāna (great tirtha), but also mentions its Mahāvīra caitya (sce Nahar, op.cit., I, No. 932). The first Muslim attack on Satyapura, mentioned by Jinaprabha, has also been referred to by Dhanapāla in his Satyapuriya Mahävira Utsäha. It should be remembered that Dhanapāla was an exact contemporary of Mahmud. For more details, See K. C. Jain, op.cit., pp. 193ff. ; and Tirtha Darsan, I, pp. 298f.
2.9. Śeriśā :-This place, sacred to Pārsvarātha, is situated on the Ahmedabad-Mahesāna road in Gujarat. It is mentioned several times in the KB (pp. 62, 76, 79) as the tirtha, sacred to Pārsva. Jinacandra III of the Kharatara saccha paid a visit to it in V.S. 1364 and Jinakusala of the same gaccha visited it twice in V.S. 1381 ; see also Tirtha Darśan, II, pp. 452f. Jina prabha also mentions it thrice in his celebrated work (pp. 24, 25, 06).
230. Sesali :-This tirtha, sacred to Pärśvanātha, is situated in the Pāli district of Rajasthan; see Tirtha Darsan, I, p. 240.
231. Sevādi :- This was a well-known tirtha and is mentioned as Śamīpāți or Samipați in the epigraphs, discovered from this place, now situated in the Pāli district of Rajasthan. In the epigraphs, from this place, we find references to the temples of Arisbţanemi, Dharmanātha, Viranātha (Mabävira) and Pārsvanātha ; see Jinavijaya, Prācin Jaina-lekha-sangraha, II, Nos. 323-330. At present, the presiding deity is Šāntinātha. The available dates, found from the epigraphs, range from V.S. 1167 to V.S. 1321. See for more details Jinavijaya's Avalokana in his abovementioned work, pp. 211ff.
232. Shanderaka : -This tirtha, now known as Sanderā, is in the Păli district of Rajasthan and, at present, this tirtha is dedicated to śāntinātha. In earlier times, however, there were temples, dedicated, not only to śāntinātha, but also