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COMPREHENSIVB HISTORY OP JAINISM was associated with Jainism, from at least 8th century A.D. This is proved by an inscription of this place, dated V.S. 1013, which records the repairing of the Mahāvīra temple of this place, which according to this epigraph, existed during the days of the Pratīhāra Vatsarāja (see supra, I, pp. 153f). This particular temple of Lord Mahāvīra is mentioned in later inscriptions and literary texts. Two inscriptions of V.S. 1245, from this place, mention the rathasala of Lord Mahāvīra ; see Nahar, Jain Inscriptions, I, Nos. 806-807. Osia was known as Upakeśapura (see Nahar, op.cit., I, No. 788). Jinaprabha in his Vividhatīrthakalpa (p. 86), associates Upakeśa tirtha with Lord Mabāvīra. Siddhasena in his Sakalatirthastotra (G.O.S. 76, p. 155) recognises it as a tirtha. Monks belonging to the Upakeśa or Ukeśa gaccha, played an important part in the religious life of the śvetāmbaras Jains, in the mediaeval period.
187. Pabhosã :- This place near Kaušāmbi, in Allahabad district of U.P., has yielded pre-Christian epigraphs, and ancient Jain icons, including a magnificent sitting icon of Padmaprabha (see for further details, supra, I, p. 91). See also Tirtha Darsan, I, pp. 98f. The Digambaras have recently appropriated this place, although the two relevant epigraphs were inscribed before the birth of the Digambara sect.
188. Pādaliptapura :—This is the ancient name of the famous Pālitānā, a small town near the celebrated hill of Śatruñjaya. The Mahāvīra temple of this place, according to the PC (p. 100) was in existence in Vastupāla's time and that minister also built a paushadhašala there (p. 100). Probably this town was named after the saint Pādaliptasūri. This is confirmed by the evidence the Pra'hāvākacarita (p. 38). However, it is extremely doubtful, whether the town is as old as the time of Pādalipta, who according to the Jain tradition, flourished in the early centuries of the Christian era, It should, however be remembered that the
