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nent Jina temples, we can mention Tirtha basadi, Mukkara basadi, Ganga-kandarpa Jinamandira, Peramādi-Caityālaya, Śr1-Vijaya basadi, Marudevi basadi, Dhavala Jinālaya, Goggiya basadi, Anesejjeya basadi and also a temple, dedicated to Sāntinātha. That the Anesejjaya basadi of this place, was one of the most prominent Jina temples of South India, is also proved by the famous Ablur epigraph (see above, p. 106), which mentions it especially in connexion with the eight hundred Jain temples. It was originally built by Kumkumadevi, the younger sister of Călukya Vijayāditya (see I.A, 18, p. 37-38). We have also other epigraphs from the same tirtha. As late as the 17th century, this place was known as a Jain tirtha (see Premi, op.cit., p. 463).
146. Lavanakbetaka : This place in Western Rajasthan was also known by the names Khetanagara or Khedangara, and it was one of the oldest towns in the Marwar area of that province. It was recognised as a tirtha by Siddhasena, in the 12th century (see G.O.S, 76, p. 156). Epigraphs prove the existence of temples, dedicated to Rshabha, Santinätha and Mahāvīra (see K, C. Jain, op.cit., pp. 299 f.), at this town. The KB also mentions it thrice in connexion with the wanderings of the monks of the Kharatara gaccha (see pp. 34, 80, 81).
147. Lodrava :-This tirtha, sacred to Pārsvanātha, is situated in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan. Several inscriptions from this place are known (sec Nahar, Jain Inscriptions, III, Nos, 2498, 2530, 2543, 2560-01, 2543, 2560-61, 2572 etc.). The Pārśva temple of this place, was originally built in the 11th century ; see Jain, op.cit., pp. 370 f. ; see also Tirtha Darsan, I, pp. 164 ff.
148. Lokkigundi :This place in Dharwar district of Karnataka, is now known by the name Lakkundi, and there was once several Jina temples in this place. The great Jain lady Attimabbe, constructed in the first decade of the 11th century, a Jina temple at this place (see 5.1.1, XI, p. 33). The temple of Śântinātha, of this place, is mentioned in an .
