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Chapter VI. Somasundarayuga.
The first half of the fifteenth century is known as the Somasundarayuga in Jain history because Somasundarasūri was a very prominent monk of this period. With his 'counsel and consent' and 'advice and assent', the Jains of Gujarata glorified Jainism by building now temples, repairing old ones, setting up new images of Tirthankaras, opening libraries, helping the poor and the needy and by performing many other pious and religious deeds.
In Pralhadanapura (modern Pálanapura ). there was a Badia named Sajjana who had rendered glorious and meritorious services to Jainism by his pious and meritorious deeds. He had a wife named Malhanadevi wbo gave birth to a son named Soma in A. D. 1373-4. With the consent of his parents, Some entered
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