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at one and the same time. We may note here that there is a redcoloured image of Sri Padmāvati in a standing posture carrying Sri Pārsvanātha's image on her head in Sri Pārsvanātha's temple at Narodā near Ahmedabad and that as stated before (p. 251 ante) Pandita Sri Vīravijaya performed Sadhanā of Rakta Padmāvati.*
There is also in Sri Pārsvanātha's temple at Tokersha's pole, Jamālpur, Ahmedabad, a red-coloured sand-stone image of Sri Padmāvati with five hoods carrying thereon an image of Sri Pārsvanātha and holding in her two upper hands a goad and a lotus and showing Varadamudrā with the other two.
APPENDIX 4 ŚRI PĀRŚVANÅTHASTOTRA ETC.
Amongst the works contained in this Appendix, the really important and old work is the hymn commencing with the words Sri -maddevendra-Vịndā' etc. There is a very famous Mantric hymn of Indranandi commencing with the words 'Srimannāgendra-rudra' etc. The former does not bear the name of the author but the later bears that of Indranandi. The former is given in Vīdyānusāsana after the latter. In Vidyānusasana ch. IV in Jwālinīsādhanavidhi is given a hymn of Sri Jwalini which begins with the words 'Srimaddaityorugendra' etc. This is followed by a hymn by Sri Mallisenasūri, which means that the hymn of Jwalini given first is very probably by an older writer. If we are justified in indentifying the author of this hymn with the author of Sri Pārsvanātha's said hymn, which follows Indranandi's Sri Pārsvanātha's hymn in Vidyānusāsana, because both commence with 'Srim', then we may say that he must have lived after Indranandi and before Mallişeņasūri i. e. between 996 and 1104 Vikrma era. One feels a little doubt as Indranandi's hymn also begins with 'Srim', but there
*In Sri Ajitanātha's temple in the rear of the Upāśraya at Bhatthini-Bāri at Ahmedabad which came to be known as Viravijaya's or Vira's Upāśraya (see p. 250 ante) there is a bronze image of Sri Padmāvati before which, as was reported by Sri Gulābvijayaji a sādhu in his line, Viravijayaji performed Sadhana and obtained a boon from Sri Padmāyati.
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