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Jāvada of Mandu
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this pilgrimage. K. P. says that Jasadhīra himself was one of the pilgrims. Gu. describes with satisfaction how 'Mantrīša Jāu of Mandapa', with his pilgrim party, joined at Ratlam, other troops of pilgrims coming from Ujjain and Dhar, and how the three parties, forming one long army, proceeded together to Idar, where they ceremoniously made their obeisances to the head of their Gaccha, the great Ācārya Lakşmisāgara Sūri, who was mentioned above as Rājamalla's Guru, and as the hero of the Guru Gunaratnākara. From there they proceeded to Abu and Jiravla, then returned via. Sirohe, to Malava, all the time celebrating religious festivals, fasting and feasting, and happily indulging in the sumptuous donations made by their open-handed leaders, and in the sight of the holy places with their gorgeous temples. Luckily, this pilgrimage can be exactly dated with the help of an inscription in the Lunavasahi Temple of Abu, which commemorates, with an obeisance to Neminātha, the 22nd Jina, the pilgrimage made to this place by Sanghapati Jāvada, son of Sanghapati Rājā ( i.e., Rājamalla ) of the Srīmāli clan and of his wife Suhava ( i.e., Suhāgu, vide above ), of Mandapa-durga, in the company of his wife Dhanīā44 and other family members, in S. 1531.45
Welcoming the Guru :
Jāvada, just as he had followed in his father's footsteps on paying his respects to Ācārya Lakşmīsāgara Sūri, remained a devotee of the Gurus of the Tapā-gaccha. His special allegiance was concentrated on Lakşmīsāgara Sūri's successor, the already referred to Ācārya Sumatisādhu Sūri, to whose sagacious guidance his much extolled actions are traced back by his biographer. Sumatisādhu Sūri, while touring Gujarat, had been invited to Mandu by Jāvada and was welcomed hy him with a grand reception, which is described in detail“. Special attention is drawn by the poets on the manifold musical instruments used by the bands ( among others 84 pairs of drums ) and the deafening sound they produced, the rows of elephants and decorated horses, walking in the pompous process
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