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COMPREHENSIVB HISTORY OF JAINISM already seen, it was at this place that the Yašodharacarita of Vādicandra was written in 1600 A.D. It is near Broach in Gujarat see Premi, op.cit, p. 388 and Tirthavandanasangraha pp. 118-19. Its earlier name was probably Alakeśvara (see Bhattāraka Sampradaya, p. 30 and footnote 9.
14. Ayahilapura :- This town also had a number Jain temples from the days of Vanarāja.
15. Apāpā:- According to Jinaprabha, it was the earlier name of Pāvā, where Lord Mahāvīra breathed his last (see p. 25 and pp. 34 ff).
16. Ārāsāņa :- This was a famous Svetāmbara centre of pilgrimage in Gujarat and it is at present known as Kumbhāriyā. The temples of this place have yielded a number of important epigraphs of the mediaeval period. See Jinavijaya, op.cit., II, Nos. 277 ff. ; and also the very valuable discussion in Gujarati entitled Avalokana pp. 165 ff in the same book (Pracin Jaina lekha Sangraha, Vol. II). The earliest temple of this place was dedicated to Lord Nemi. nātha. There are also temples of Mahāvira, Pārsva, Santi etc. The KB (p. 71) calls it a mahatirtha (a great centre of pilgrimage).
17. Arbuda:-It was a great tirtha from the 11th century, when in V.S. 1088, a temple, dedicated to Rshabha, was built by Vimala daņpanāyaka during the reign of Caulukya Bhima I. The original image of Rshabha, according to Jinaprabha, was made of brass (p. 16). Two hundred years afterwards or in V.S. 1288, Tejahpāla constructed the Neminātha temple. Even this great temple-complex of Mount Abu was not spared by the Muslims and we are told, by the author of the Vividhalithakalpa, that it was repaired in Śaka 1243, corresponding to 1378 A.D. He also refers to the Mahāvīra caitya on the top of the mountain, built by he great Kumārapāla (see for details, pp. 15 f.). We have already discussed a few of the important epigraphs from this place. In the Sirohi district of Rajasthan, where Abu is situated, there are a number of smaller Jain tirthas (for the
