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this work and the Vividhatirthakalpa (pp. 19, 86) refer to the temple of Lord Mahavira of this place and it is quite probable that the Vira temple here is older than the famous Sürya temple of this place. At present, the temple of this place is dedicated to Pārsvanatha. The Svetambara Moḍherā gaccha originated from this place; see Tirtha Darsan, II, pp. 374 f.; see also Nahar, Jain Inscriptions II, No. 1694, dated V.S. 1227, where we have a reference to the Modha gaccha.
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Müḍabidri:-This important Digambara Jain tirtha is situated in the South Kanara district of Karnataka and is also known as Biḍure and Bedarf. The earliest Jain epigraph, from this place, is dated in the Saka year 1426, corresponding to 1504 A.D. (see J.S.L.S, IV, No. 455). A copper plate inscription, from this place, dated 1546 A.D., discloses the name of the Candranatha (i.e. Candraprabha) temple of this place and records some grant for the temple, by the local ruler of Biligi. It is interesting to note that this temple of Candraprabha is mentioned by the sixteenth-century Digambara writer Jñanasagara, and also by Viśvabhushaņa; see Tirthavandana-sangraha, pp. 71, 93 and 167. Jñanasagara also mentions the Parsvanatha temple of this place, which too, is mentioned in a copper plate inscription, found from this place, dated 1563 A.D. The temple of Candraprabha, according to the earlier inscription, was known as Tribhuvana-Cūḍāmaņi temple. An inscription of 1622 A.D., mentions one Tribhuvanatilaka temple of this place (see J.Ś.LS, IV, Nos 478 and 504). From this town were discovered invaluable manuscripts of the entire Dhavala and Jayadhavalā. The 17th-century Svetambara writer Slavijaya has mentioned 19 Jain temples of this place, including the temples of Adiśvara, Śāntisvara, Candraprabha and Pārśva. He has also referred to the palm-leaf manuscripts, preserved at this town (see Premi, op.cit., p. 462).
166. Muktagiri :-This hill, sacred to Pārsvanatha, is situated near Acalapura, in the Amrāvatl district of Maha
