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in Anabila vida, when the Swetambara dootor Devasūri won a victory over the Digambara Kumudachandra. He is also said to have sanction. ed much money for the stone temple which his governor Sajjana erected on Giranāra. Fifthly, he made pilgrimages to Giranära and Satrunjaya and made a grant of twelve villages to the temple of Ādinātha.98
98 Attempts have been made to show that Siddharấja was not favourably inclined to Jainism, and the story of Merutunga that the king did not allow the Jains to hoist flags on their temples for some time, quoted. The story of Merutunga, unconfirmed as it is, does not deserve credence. It is hardly probable that a king who allowed the Musalmans to erect & mosque in Stambhatirtha and took particular care to see that their religious liberty was not invaded, should refuse permission to the Jains to hoist flags. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
