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When the Jains came to know of Suba's firmana, they gave a rousing reception to Samara Shah and advised him to set up a new image of Adinatha on the Satrunjaya Hill. Samara Shah sont his mon to the king of Ārāsapa with presents. The king was a strict vegetarian and a firm believer in the principles of Jainism; so he consented to give the required marble from his mine without any charge. Marble was taken in oarts to Pålitana. Sixteen clever soulptors were sent fron. Anabilavada. to Palitana to prepare the image. Balachandra Muni was to supervise the preparation of the image.
When the soulptors completed their work, good notrs WuS sent to Samara Shab at Anabilavadă. Samara Shab, then, made up his mind to make a pilgrimage to the holy hill in the company of the Jain congregation to set up the image of Adinatha in the newly constructed temple. Invitations were sent to the Jains of far off places.
Among the Jain monks who made the pilgrimage to the holy hill in the company of Samara Shah were Vinayachandrasuri, Rataskarasuri of Bribadgatchba, Padmachandra---
(4) Ibid, PP. 542-3. (5) Ibid, appendis, pp. 129–30.
