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were many Jains who could not write books themselves but who spent much money in making copies of the books written in this as well as previous reigns. Ku Dārapala, hiaself, was a patron of learning and the learned and opened twenty-one Libraries in his kingdom. He had, moreover, employed 700 copyists to : copies of the works of Hewasūri 103
The Prasasti to the Säntināthacharita of Dovachandrasūri contains valuable information about the fawily of Rābad of Prāgvitavamģa. Siddhināga was the ancestor of Rāhad He had a wife named Aubini. Siddhinaga and Ambini had four sons-Podbaka, Virada, Vardhana and Dronaka. The sons sut up an inayo of Sántinātha in the temple of Santinátha in Dáboda. The image was worshipped in Dadhipadra or Dáhoia at least upto V. S. 1227 or Å. D. 1169-70.
Podhaka had three sons-Ambudatta Aubuvaradhana and Sajjana. He set up two images of Pārsvanátha and Supārsvanatha in the temple of Mahāvira in Madabrit (wodern Mudhari, near Abu ). Podhaka's two daughters entered the order
103. Jinamandanagani, Kumārupīlaprabantha p.p. 96-7. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
