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kalpa. This work mentions the Jivitasvami Tribhuvanatilaka Candraprabha temple of this place (p. 85). There is a separate Kalpa (No. 28), of that work, on this celebrated tirtha of Nasikya. This temple of Candraprabha of Nasik has been mentioned in the Prabhavakacarita (p. 188). The Digambara tirtha of Gajapantha is near Nasik, see Bharat ke Digambara Jaina tīrtha, IV, pp. 203ff.
182. Nitoḍā :-This tirtha, sacred to Pārsvanatha, is situated in Sirohi district of Rajasthan. An epigraph of V.S. 1200, from the Parsva shrine of this place, shows that in the 12th century, the main temple of this tirtha was dedicated to Neminatha; see Tirtha Darsan, I, p. 264.
183. Nilakantha :-This place, in Alwar district of Rajasthan, was formerly known as Rajyapura and also Paranagara (Pārsvanagara). Another modern name of this place is Rajorgarh (see Jain, op cit., pp. 195ff). The place derives its name from the celebrated Nilakantheśvara Śiva temple of this village. The discovery.of Jain antiquities, of the mediaeval period, proves its close association with Jainism. A tenth-century inscription records the installation of an image of Santinātha at Rajyapura, in V.S. 979, in the temple of that Tirthankara, during the reign of a king called Savaţa. The temple was constructed by the Jain architect Sarvadeva, son of Deddulaka and grandson of Arbhata of the Dharkata family, hailing from Fürṇatallaka (see Indian Archaeology-A Review, 1961-62, p. 85).
184. Niralgi :-This place in Dharwar district of Karnataka, had a Digambara temple, called Mallinatha Jineśvara in the 12th century. An epigraph of 1147 A.D. of the reign of Jagadekamalla II, from this place, mentions a Jain Acarya of the Mulasangha, Sürastha gana, and Citrakuta anvaya; see Desai, op.cit., p. 145.
185. Odalavāḍi :-This place in the Polur taluk of Tamil Nadu had a Jain temple in the 13th century, which according to Desai (op.cit., p. 95), was dedicated to Gommaţanatha.
186. Osia:-This place in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan,
