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Chapter IV. Jainism
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The Vaghela Period After Vastupala and Tejahpāla, Jagadu Shah, & Jain Bania of Cutch, continued their work by erecting temples to Tirthankaras, making pilgrim. ages to the holy places of the Jains, improving the condition of the Sravakas and Srávikás and patronizing the learned. But his title to fame rests on the “ glorious and meritorious services " he rendered to humanity during the famine of V. S. 1915 (A. D. 1258-9). He believed that
service of man is service of God'; so he served the children of God' without making any distinotion of race, religion, language, caste or creed In this work, he was encouraged by Paramadevasūri, a Jain monk.
Viyadu, a Srimali Jain Bania, was the ancestor of Jagadu. He was an orthodox Jain and built
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