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Ravishena (40.27 ff.) in his Padmapurana and also by Jinasena II in his Harivaṁsa (46'18 f.!. The Bșhatkathākosa (59.194) describes it as situated between Kalingavishaya and Andbravishaya. Almost all the above-mentioned authorities describe this place as abounding in Jina temples ; see in this connexion the passages, quoted in the Tirthavandanasangraha, pp. 8, 15 etc. Ugrāditya (8th century) wrote his medical treatise Kalyāņakāraka in this place (see supra, I, p. 205). An inscription from Rāmakonda (Rāmatirtha) in Vishakhapatnam district of Andhrapradesh, dated in the first quarter of the 11th century, of the time of the Eastern Cālukya king Vimalāditya (1011-1022), practically proves that this place is identical with Rāmagiri, mentioned by Vimala, Ravishena and other poets; sec also supra, p. 86. It is also tempting to suggest that this hill is identical with Rāmagiri of the Meghadūta. The evidence of Vimalasūri's Paumocariyar further suggests that Rāmagiri was one of the earliest Jain tirthas of Southern India. The epigraph, mentioned above, certainly proves that, as late as the 11th century, Rāmakonda or Rāmagiri retained its position as a major Jain tirtha.
213. Rāmațeka :—This place, in the Nagpur district of Mahārashtra, according to a few scholars, represents Kālidāsa's Ramagiri. However, this is nothing more than mere conjecture. The Digambara Jains, have a śāntinātha temple on the hill-top here ; and this temple dates from the 16th century ; see Tirtha Darsan, II, p. 530.
214. Rāpakapura :- This celebrated svetāmbara tirtha, dedicated to Adisvara, is situated in the Pāli district of Rajasthan. As we have already noticed (see above, p. 175), this temple was built in V.S. 1496, during the reign of the great Kumbha. This tirtha was visited by the poet Megha in V.S. 1499, who has referred to the seven Jina temples of this place. The temple of Adīśvara was named after its builder, namely, minister Dharana and it came to be known as Dharanavibāra and also Trailokyadipaka. Later inscrip
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