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11 "Ganad haras' or the principal disciples of Jina. The enclosure in which the temple stands contains small cells with images of Jina. On the southern side, there is a small temple with two black images. Behind these images, there is an apartment containing a large white marble image held in great veneration by the Jains. It has a small hole in the shoulder said to have been caused by water that used to fall from the ear, whence it obtained the name Amijhară.
According to the commentator of the Vāg. bhatālankāra, Vágbhata was a prime minister of Jayasinhadova. He was probably a son of Udayana. He is often confused with Vágbhata, author of the Vagbbatalankāra and son of Soma's. Ananda was another Jain prime minister of Siddharāja".
Chandrasūri, the author of the Munisuvrata charitra, was the governor of Lāta before he entered the order of Jain monks20.
Siddharaja was a patron of learning and the learned. He had a great thirst for knowledge. As the Jain monks were very well-known for
18 Vägbhatālankāra, v. 148. 19 Prāchina Jaina Lekha Sangraha, 381. 20 Desai, Jain Sahityano
Itihasa, p. 226. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
