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was given & tumultous welcome by the Jains and Thakors of the villages on the way. He spent money froely and was very hospitable to the Jains who had joined the congregation.
There were no big inns in those days; 80 when the congregation reached Palitānā, Samarā Shah pitched tents on the banks of Lalitādara, erected by Lalitādevi, wife of Vastupāla. About this time, Sahajapala from Devagiri and Sabana from Cambay came to Palitang with congegation. Samarā Shah's joy know no bounds when he saw his brothers. He paid his respects to the Jain monks who had come with the congregation from Cambay. Among the prominent persons who had accompanied Sāhana were Sangana, brother of Pataka mantri, Lālá, Simhabhata, Vijala, Madana, Molhaka and Ratnasimha. Samară Shah gave all the pilgrims a very warm welcome.20
On the 14th day of the bright half of Maha in the Vikram year 1371 ( A. D. 1315 ), Samara Shab set up the image of Adinatha, in the completed temple on the holy hill. This is proved by other evidence. In the Adesvara tunka on the Satrunjaya hill, the inscriptions at the
(9) Ibid., appendix, pp. 136-7
( 10 ) Ibid, appendix, pp. 137–38. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com