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Jirspalli and stayod there for seven days in the company of Somadovasūri.
(vii) Moved by the sermon of Somajayasūri, 84 couples took the fourth vow of a Jain layman, at Sirobi.
(viii) At the suggestion of Sumatisundarasūri, Sabasa, son of Chåliga, built the Chomukh Prásad on Mt. Abu.
(ix) Velaka and Dharmasinha built 'devakulikas' in the Chomukh temple at Ranapura. After a pilgrimage to the holy Satrunjaya hill, they returned to Idar, gave cloth to 300 monks, held a festival when Somasāgara was honoured with the dignity of Vācbaka and went on a pilgrimage to Pávāpura to pay their obeisance to Sambhavanātha.
(x) Ratna and Megbá went on a pilgrimage to Jirāpalli at the foot of Mt. Abu, with the Jain congregation and gave cloth to monks of Tapāgatchha, Vriddhasāli gatchba, Nápāyatchba, Nanávali gatchba and other gatchbas.
Hemavimalasūri was a prominent pupil of Laxmisāgarasūri. He was born at Vadagama in Marumandala or Mārwad, on the full-moon day of Kartika in the Vikram year 1520 (A. D. 1463 ). His father's name was Gangādbara and mother's name Ganga. Before he cntered the Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com