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Significant is the reference to a Jaina temple at Onkāranagara ( or Onkārapura respectively ), for the erection of which Siddhasena is related to have obtained King Vikramāditya's permission and which is described as having surpassed in height and splendour the famous temple of Siva situated there22.
In some of the Prabandhas, Siddhasena is said to have predicted on Vikramāditya's question - in true Purāņa style -- that the next Śrāvaka king worthy to be compared with him would be Kumārapāla, who would arise 1199 years after him23. According to the Purātana Prabandha-sangraha, the pertinent stanza was preserved in the ‘Kundageśvara' or 'Kundigeśvara-temple', or, according to the Prabandhacintamani, in the 'Kudangeśvara-temple'in Malwa24
Of historical interest is also the information, found in the Prabhāvakacarita exclusively25, that King Vikramāditya, advised by Siddhasena Divākara, caused the ancient Jaina place of pilgrim-age Broach ( 'Bhřgupura') to be repaired.
Somewhat separate from the Prabandhas and Kathānakas stands the reference to Vikrama and his Guru which Ratnasekhara Sūri gives in his Vidhikaumudi (or Sraddhavidhi-vrtti) and which has obviously been literally copied by the author of the Astāhnikāvyākhyānas. Here Vikramāditya, the royal disciple of Siddhasena, is referred to as the example of a distinguished visitor to places of pilgrimage, who went to Satruñjaya with a huge procession and with all pomp and formality, accompanied by 5000 Jainācāryas including Siddhasena Divākara, 14 kings adorned with their royal diadems, 70 lacs of Śrāvaka families; 1 crore 10 lacs and 9,000 cars; 18 lacs of horses; 7,600 elephants; besides camels, bullocks, etc., untold.
In his Laghu Satruñjayakalpa, Dharmaghoșasūri27 likewise mentions Vikrama in connection with this sacred place of the Jainas, which is stated to have been repaired by him. According to Dhaneśvarasūri's satruñjayamāhätmyas, For Private & Personal Use Only
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