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suri of Devaguri gatchba, Sumatiguri of Sandera gatchba, Virasuri of Bhāvadar gatchha, Sarvadeva suri of Thārapadra gatchba, Jagatsuri of Brahman gatobba, Amradevasuri of Nivratti gatchha who wrote an account of this pilgrimage of Samará Shah to the Satrunjaya bill before V. S. 1393 (or A. D. 1336 ), Siddhasena Acharya of Nanakagana, Dharmaghoshasūri of Brihad gatebha, Prabbanandasūri of Nagendra gatchba and Vajrasenasūri, pupil of Hemasūri.
Among the prominent Jains who joined the congregation were Sanghapati Jaitra and Sanghapati Krishna, Haripāla, Devapāla, Landhaka, son of Sthiradeva of Vatsakula, Pralhādana Soni, Sodbāka and Devarāja who had won name and fune as a great donor.?
Alapakbāna, Suba of Gujarata, who had granted permission to rebuild the temple, gave ten guards to protect the congregation.
The congregation started from Anabila pataka and went to Palitanā Via Serisa ( near Kalola Mehsāna Distrct ), Sarkhej (near Ahmedabad ) and Dholka. At Serisa, Samara Shah worshipped Pārsvanātha and held a festival for eight days. He
(6) Ibid. p.p. 243-5. (7) Ibid, p.p. 1444. (8) Ibid, pp. 125, x. 3 Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
