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Karma Sbab was a well-known cloth merobant in Chitor. Once when Babadura Shah, Prince of Gujarat, paid a visit to Chitrakuta, he came to know Karma Shah from whom he bought cloth. The Young prince liked Karma Shah and soon became his friend. When he wanted money to return to Gujarāta, Karma Shāh gave him a lakh, unconditionally. In A. D. 1526, Babadura Shah became the king of Gujarata. When Karma Shah came to know this, he went to Ahmedabad where he was well-received by the King who returned the money lent to him and asked the Bania merchant if he could do anything for him. Thereupon Karma Shāh requested Bahadura Shab to give him a 'firman' to repair the temple on the Satrunjaya bill. The king granted his request and gave him the · firman.' With this ‘firman,' Karma Shah went to Saurastra. Mayadakbâna or Muzahidakbāna, the governor of Saurastra, did not like that the Jains should repair the temple on the Satrunjaya hill, but as Babadura Shab bad given permission, the governor was helpless. Ravirāja and Nrisimba, two officers of the Governor of Saurastra, belped Karma Shah very much. A new image of Adinātha was set up in A. D. 1531 when Vidyāmandanasūri, pupil of
Dharmaratnasuri, perforined pratistha. VinayaShree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
