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tioned in the santinathacaritrapustaka-prasasti (see Jinavijaya, Jaina pustaka etc., p. 7) dated V.S. 1227. Probably this temple is mentioned in another Jain manuscript of V.S. 1322 (see ibid., p. 35).
50. Dabīgaon :--This Digambara tirtha has now a modern temple, dedicated to Mahāvīra, It is situated amidst old ruins in the Sholapur district of Mahārāshtra ; see Tirtha Darsan, II, pp. 516 f.
51. Darbhayatı :-This ancient Svetāmbara tirtha, situated in Vadodara (Baroda) district of Gujarat, is well-known for the two temples, dedicated to Pārsvanātha. It is recognised as a tirtha (Vividha dharmika-virajamāna-Darbhāvailsthāna) in a manuscript of Hemacandra's Yogaśāstravstri, written in V.S. 1251 (see Jinavijaya, op cit., pp. 23 f.). In an earlier Jain manuscript, dated V.S. 1211, this place has been mentioned. It has also been mentioned in several other later manuscripts (see ibid., pp. 107, 113, 131, 148). Even the Digambara writers like Jõānasāgara and Jayasagara have mentioned the Pärsva temple-complex of this place, called by the name 'Lodana-Pārsvānātha' (see Tirthavandanasangraha, p. 145). There are also epigraphic references 10 it ; see Jinavijaya, Pracin-Jainalekha-sangraha, II, Nos., 38, 39, 41, 43.
52. Dašapura :—This is identified with modern Mandasor in M. P. and it was associated with Jainism, even from pre-Christian times. The Jain commentaries mention the Jivantasvāmin icon of this place and the Acāryas of the first century A.D., also frequently stayed at this town. The Nişhaya Goshthāmābila started a schism at this town, 584 vears after Lord Mahāvira Afterwards, Samanta bhadra according to a later literary and epigraphic tradition, visited this old town; see Prakrit Proper Names, I, pp. 461 f. ; see also supra, Vol. I, p. 104 ; and for Samantabhadra's visit to this town, see Prabhācandra's Kathakośa, p. 13. According to the Vividhatirthakalpa (p. 85) there was an old temple of Supārsvanātha at this town. That work (p. 70) also
