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eleventh-century Jain temple, dedicated to Santinātha. It is mentioned in the KB (P. 36) in connexion with the activities of the Kharatara Jina pati, who flourished in the 12th century. The Vividhatirthakalpa (p. 85) associates this tirtha with Ādinātha. A Svetambara gaccha, called Kāsadraba gaccha was associated with this place, and the earliest mention of this gaccha is found in an epigraph of V.S. 1222 (see Jinavijaya, Prācin-Jainalekha-sangraha, II, No. 230). According to a statement, recorded by Deya sūri (circa 1200 A.D.), the author of the Padmaprabhacarita, the Jālihara and the Kāsadraha gacchas originated from the Vidyādhara šākha of the ancient Koţika gana (see J.S.B.I, VI, p. 81).
132. Kaušāmbi: This great city is now represented by the extensive ruins at Kosam in the Allahabad district of U. P. As we have already seen, in the earlier volume (pp. 90f.), of the present work, this great city was associated with Jainism even from the pre-Christian period. As early as the 3rd B.C., as the evidence of the Kalpasūtra suggests, there was a sākhā, connected with this city. Lord Mabāvira, as we have already seen in the earlier volume (p. 47) of the present work, himself had personally visited this place, during the reign of the celebrated Udayana. It is also the birth-place, according to the Jain tradition, of Padmaprabha, the 6th Tirthankara, Jinaprabha has also written on this tirtha (p. 23), although it is doubtful whether he actually visited it. Even during Hiuen-Tsang's visit (7th century), it was a ruined city.
133, Kāvi:-This tirtha, sacred to Lord Adinātha, is situated in Bharuch (Broach) district of Gujarat. Its history goes back to the last quarter of the 16th century; see Tirtha Darśan, II, pp. 464f.
134. Khajuraho :—This world-famous place, situated in Chattarpur district of M, P., was also a celebrated Digambara centre and we have the temples of Sānti, Pārsva and Adinātha, in this place, of the time of the
