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many Jain temples, sunk wells and performed many religious deeds. He had a son named Varanaga who lived in Kanthakota in Cutch. Varanaga had a son named Vasa. The latter had five sons-Visala, Viradeva, Nirmala, Nemi, Chandu, and Shrivatsa. Vasa's eldest son Visala had four sons-Laksha, Sulakshana, Sola and Sohi. Sola made Bhadreśvāra his domicile of choice and married Lakshmi who gave birth to three sonsJagadu, Raja and Padma. Jagadu had a wife named Yasomati and a daughter named Pritimati. When Pritimati became a widow, Jagadu wanted to give her in marriage again, but could not do so, as widow-re-marriages were uncommon in those days.' Jagadu had no son, but his brother Raja who had married Rajalladevi, had two sons named Vikramasimha and Dhandho and a daughter named Hansi or Hansabai.3
Once Jagadu purchased a goat on the neck of which was tied a precious Jewel, and became On very rich. another occasion, his servant Jayantasimha purchased a stone from the king of Ormuz. This stone which contained many precious jewels made Jagadu very rich. In other
(1) Sarvānandasūri, Jagaducharita, I and II, 21. (2) Ibid, II, 20-28.
(3) Ibid, III, 53-8,
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