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129. Kārakala :--This place, in South Kanara district of Karnātaka, emerged as a Jain tirtha in the 15th century. There were several Digambara temples at this place, including one dedicated to Gommateśvara and another to Pārsvanātha (see above, pp. 199f); see for the epigraphs of this place, S.1.1, Vol. 7. The local kings, of this area, gave full patronage to the Jains and their temples. Kārakala is extremely well-known for its famous Jain manastambha. which is 59 feet in height, and is fashioned out of a single stone. This place was under the supervision of the monks. of the Panasoge sakhā. The great icon of Bāhubali, of this place, was built by Pāņdyarāya in Saka 1353, corresponding to 1432 A.D. (See J.S.L.S, III, No. 624). A detailed account regarding some Jain shrines of this place can also be obtained from an epigraph of the place, dated Saka 1508, corresponding to 1586 A.D. (sce J.ŚL S, III, No. 680). The 16th century Digambara writer, Jñānasāgara has mentioned the famous statue of Gommateśvara and also a temple of Neminātha of this place. The 17th century writer Visvabbūshana has also mentioned this place as a Jain tirtha ; see for details, Tirthavandanasangraha, pp. 127f; and Tirtha Darśan, II, pp. 570f.
130. Kārañjā :- This well-known Digambara tirtha in the Akola district of Maharashtra, like Kārakala, emerged into the limelight in the 19th century. Jñānasāgara mentions the Candranātha (Candraprabha) temple of this place; see Tirthavandanasangraha, p. 81. Afterwards, a temple of Pārśva was also built in this place. Silavijaya (17th century) in his Tirthamālā, has given a very detailed account of this tirtha, which shows that it was a flourishing Jain centre in his time (sce in this connexion, Premi, op.cit., pp. 455f). In the second Candraprabha temple of this place, there is an old library, which contains an invaluable collection of ncarly 1000 Jain manuscripts.
131. Kāsahrada :--This ancient Śvetāmbara tirtha is situated in the Sirohi district of Rajasthan, and has an
