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Hemasûri who says, “ In almost every village, he, whose wealth is innumerable, will adorn the earth with temples of the Jains. "51 Merutunga says that Kumarapala built 1440 temples, while Charitrasundaragani puts to his credit 1400 temples The numbers of Merutunga and Charitrasundara seem to be exaggerated at first sight; but if we examine them in the light of statements of Somaprabhasūri and Hemagūri, they appear to be not far from the truth It is probable, howover, that Merutunga and Charitrasundara may have included in their numbers temples erected with state grants.
The chroniclers then enumerate the important temples of the King. The Duyaśraya speaks about the Kumíravibara in Anabilavāda and one more to Parsvanátha in Devapattana.52 Yaśabpala says that the king built the Tribhuvanavihāra thirty-two temples as penance for the sins of his teeth 53 Merutunga adds a few more-the Diksbävihara in Cambay where Hemasūri was consecrated as a monk and the Jholikavihára in Dhandhuka on the site of Hemacharya's
51 Hemasýri, Mahaviracharta, XII, 75.
52 Dvyāšraya, XX, 98-9. 53 Monarājaparājaya, p. 93, introduction p. IX.
