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THE JAIN TĪRTHAS
333 194. Pāvāgiri :—This place in the Panch Mahāls district of Gujarat is considered a Digambara tirtha, sacred to Pārsvarātha. It was in existence in the 15th century and the earliest epigraph, from this place, is dated in V.S. 1613, See Tirthavandanasangraha, pp. 155f; see also Premi, op.cit., pp. 427f; and Tirtha Darsan, II, pp. 452F.
195. Penugonda :--This place, in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, is known for its Pārsvanātha temple, and has yielded a few Jain antiquities. In the 16th century, it was considered an important Digambara centre; see Desai, op.cit., p. 161.
196. Phalavardhikā :This celebrated tirtha, sacred to Lord Pārsvanātha, is situated in the Nagaur district of Rajasthan. According to Jinaprabha's Vividhatirthakalpa (p. 105), there was a Vira temple at this place. The Pārsva temple was considered very sacred in Jinaprabha's time and its original icon was once broken by that iconoclast, Muslim invader Sāhāvadina (Muhammad of Gbūr), in the last quarter of the 12th century. However, the evidence of both the Tirthakalpa and the KB suggest that it continued as a Śvetāmbara tirtha in the later period also. See for a modern account, Tirtha Darsan, I, pp. 146ff. The earliest inscription from this place, is dated V.S. 1221 ; another epigraph has no date, but mentions the temple of Pārśva of this place (see Jinavijaya, Prācin Jaina-lekha-sangraha, II, No. 441-445). See for some other useful details, Jain, Ancient Cities and Towns etc., pp. 424ff,
197. Pindawara :—This place, sacred to Lord Mahāvira, is now situated in the Sirobi district of Rajasthan and was kaown, in ancient times, as Pindaravāțaka, and this name occurs in an epigraph from Ranakpur, dated V.S. 1496 ; See Jinavijaya, op.cit., II, No. 307. Several epigraphs from the Mahāvira temple of this place, belonging to the 16th century, are known ; See Nahar, Jain Inscriptions, I, Nos. 946ff. One of the earliest metal Jain icons, dated V.S. 744, is preserved in this place ; see also supra, 1,
