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Upto this time, we have dealt with the acti. vities of the Jain ministers, Jain officers and Jain monks and nuns of the time of Siddharaja. There were, however, many Jain laymen who did useful work by spending money freely for the spread of knowledge. The Jain-pustakaprasastisangraha compiled by Muni Jinavijaya gives names of many Srāvakas and Sravikās who gave away large sums of money for writing books. But most of the Prasastis give very little inform. ation about the donors. There are, however, some big prasastis in the work. The Prasasti to the Bhagavatisutra is one of them.' It contains valuable information about the family of a Jain layman named Siddha.
Siddhināga, the great grand-father of Siddha, had four sons named Vodhaka ( or Podhaka ), Virada, Vaduka (or Vardhana ) and Dranaka. The sons of Siddhināga bad performed many pious and religious deeds and set up the images of Tirthankaras.
Of Siddhināga's sons, Virada had great respect for Jain monks. His wife Dhanadevi was a staunch Jain. Varadeva, Virada's son, was a kind and excellent follower of Jina. He set up an
1 Jinavijaya, Jain Pustakaprasastisangraha, No. 3. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
