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rupees due to the fifth stage of Parigraha Parimāna' accepted in the Mandapacāl ( Māndavagadha )
Then Pruthvidhara became the popular minister of the king of Māndavagadha He was like Kūher in the matter of possessing wealth He had got eighty-four Jain temples constructed and seven book -stores prepared He got Śree Risabha Jina temple constructed on Mount Śatrunjaya by spending the gold to the extent of twenty one · Dhati' ( a sort of measure ). The temple was silvery Some say that the garland was prepared at the the of cost of gold measuring sixty ‘Dhati'
Once a co-religiourst while presenting suitable dresses to celibates sent the same kind of dress to Pruthvidhara as he was a rich man, and accepting it he took the vow of celibacy at the young age of 32 years He had an only son named · Zānjhapa' who had got a flag made of gold and silver and reaching from the top of Satrunjaya to the top of Giranära hoisted on the temple The flag measured 96 miles or 12 Yojanas (Yojana A measare of distance equal to 8 miles) Besides, he had made the king Sarangadéva to join huis hand, because of 'Karpua'
He had celeheated the fettival of the entrance of the Quru Śree Dharmaghusa Sarı into the town of Mandapácala by spending a sum of seventy-two thousand rupees ( some say-thirty six thousand rupees )
Being requested by his pupils, Dharmaghosa Säri had, in the ciiy of Prabhāsa Påtan, conipelled the ocean, through a pra yer full of mysterious verses, to present gems io the Jain temple.
With the help of the new •Kapardı Yakśa'( a demi god) who appeared in Devapattan because of of the meditation of the Guru, he preached the old Kapardı Yaksa who had been driven away from Satrunjaya on account of the greatness of Viira-Swâmi, and made him the the ‘Adhļsthāyaka, ( the protector ) of the
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