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and belonged to the Kharatara-gaccha. Jasadhīra followed the family tradition in being a devout disciple of Acārya Jinasamudra Sūris, the then living head of this Gaccha. He had acquired the coveted title of Sanghapati and was known for his religiousmindedness and for many acts of charity, and thus receives his full share of praise in the Prasasti. So do those of his ancestors who likewise excelled by meritorious deeds, while others are mentioned by name.
In the galaxy of all those more or less deserving personalities, somewhat outside the straight genealogical line there are two, who as chance will have it, bear the name of Jāvada and were both inhabitants of Mandu and contemporaries at that. 1. Jāvada of Kharatara-Gaccha
The less outstanding of those two Jāvadas was Jasadhīra's son-in-law, married to Sarasvati, elder daughter of Kumari's senior co-wife Jhanakū. About him, K. P. has nothing to say, except that he was the son of Sanghapati Mandaņa ( st. 54 ). To judge from the scantiness of references to him, this Jāvada does not seem to have impressed his contemporaries and certainly was of lesser stature than his famed father, who is sufficiently known from sources other than the K. P., and after whose famed name that of Jāvada just trails along by way of an appendage.
Thus the colophons of the manuscripts of the Vasudevahindi', dated S. 1528, and of Bhagavati Sūtral", dated S. 1532, both of which Sanghapati Mandana (or Māndana ) has got copied for the Manuscript-library of Mandu (Mandapadurga-citakośa ) proclaim that he belonged to the Thakkura-gotra of the Śrīmālī-clan and to the Kharatara-gaccha. He was a son of Sanghapati Jayatã and his wife Hīmī and had proved his loyalty to the Jaina faith by many pious deeds, such as temple-consecrations, installations of idols, celebrations of the ordination etc. of ecclesiastical dignitaries, mass pilgrimages, had performed acts of charity, like the opening of almshouses (Satrāgāra ) and, last but not the least, had caused the whole
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