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is said that the request for Catu-r-māsa was made on behalf of the Mahārānā, by his prime minister Jhâlâ Kalyâyasinhji. On the close of the rainy season, Ācārya Mahārâja Śri lived for one night in Dala Bädala, Palace and the Mahårāņā made the announcement with regard to the following four subjects.
1. No one is allowed to catch fish or any other living crea.
ture from the Picholā and Udaya Sågara lakes of Udeyapura.
2. There must be a complete stoppage of destruction of ani
mal life on the Coronation Day of the Maharapā.
3. There must be a complete stoppage of destruction of ani
mal life during the month of the Birth of Mahārāņā and
during the Bhādrapada month (September-October) every year. 4. Jaina temples built by Kumbha Raņā on Machinda-durga
should be repaired.
The above-named announcement was carved on a marbleplate and applied to the main door of the temple.
विश्राम किया, तब महाराणा जगतसिंहजी नमस्कार करने को गये, ओर भाचार्य के उपदेश से निम्नलिखित चार बाते स्वीकार करी कि--
___ (क) उदयपुरके पीछोला सरोवर और उदयसागरमें मच्छियो को कोई न पकडे.
(ख) राज्याभिषेकवाछे दिन जीव-हिंसा बन्द । (ग) जन्ममास और भाद्रपद में जीव-हिंसा बन्द ।
(घ) मचीददुर्ग पर राणा कुम्मा द्वारा बनावाये गये जैन चैत्यालयका पुनरुधार.
-(अयोध्याप्रसाद गोयलीय कृत-राजपुतानेके जैनवीर-पृ-३४१).
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