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like the previous Buddhas, were mythical figures, and had no real existence.
235. Sim hapura (2):--This place, sacred to Neminātha, was a Digambara tirtha on the river Kāverl; see Tirthavandanasangraha, p. 80, where we have a description of this place by Jñāpasāgara, who lived in the 16th century. It was also called Narasimhapattana ; see ibid., p. 184 and Bhattāraka Sampradaya, No. 720.
236. Sirohi :--This well-known place is also a districttown of Rajasthan. The Adinātha temple of this place was built in the last quarter of the 13th century. Afterwards, temples, dedicated to Pārsva, śānti and others were also built in this place. The great Hiravijaya also was associated with this place and several Jain works were written here in the 15tb, 16th and 17th centuries ; see ŚrzPrasasti-sangraha. Nos. 112, 246, 355, 374 etc. See for a modern account, Tirtha Darsan, I, pp. 248f.
237. Sonāgiri :--This Digambara tirtha, situated in the Datia district of M. P., has now numerous Jina temples, quite a few of which, were built before the arrival of the British. An inscription, found in the pedestal of an image of the temple No. 76 to this tirtha, has been assigned to the 7th century A.D. (see J.S.L S., V, No. 5). Several other image-inscriptions of the period between 120) and 1600 AD., have also been discovered from different temples of this Digambara tirtha ; see J.S.L.S, V, Nos. 108, 110, 138, 178, 190, 191, 226, 229 etc; see also Bharat ke Digambara Jaina tirtha, III, pp. 54ff.
233. Śrāvasti :-This great city of the ancient Kosala jarapada, is now situated in the Bihraich districi of U. P., and was the birth-place, according to the Jain tradition, of Sambhavanātha, the 3rd Tirthankara, A; noted in the earlier volume of the present work (p. 39), an early Śvetāmbara Sakhā, called Srāvastikā had originated by 300 B.C., and it was obviously connected with this great city, which was visited by Lord Mabāvira himself. The discovery of
