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by Merutunga'. This temple was made at Maņdalī. This has been identified with Mūlasthānadeva”. It was a Saiva temple with monastery attached to it.
Sometimes, Hemacandra omits even Jain edifices e.g. Mūlarāja is mentioned having made a Jain temple called Mūlarāja Vāsābikāt. He built another palace called "the palace of Muñjāladevaswāmin". In one of the inscriptions, it is mentioned that he made so many caityas. But these caityas are not traced as yet.
Cāmundarāja constructed the temple of the god Caņdanātha and the god Cäcineśvara?. But it is omitted by Hemacandra.
Durlabha constructed a palace having seven storeys8. Then, he built a palace called Madanaśankaraprāsāda to commemorate his brother Vallabbarāja”. At Śrīpațțaņa he
1. Merutunga, Prabandhacintamani. p.17. 2. Bühler, G. Some Land grants of Chaulukyas, I.A. Vol. VI. p. 184. 3. Burgess, A.S.W.1. VI. p.4 ; A.S.W.I., IX. p. 11. 4. Merutunga, Prabandhacintämaņi, p. 17. 5. (a) Merutunga, Prabandhacintămaņi, p. 17.
(b) Burgess, J., A.S.W.I. IX. p. 11. 6. Reu, B.N. The Sambara inscription of the Chaulukya Jayasimha,
I.A. LVIII. p.235. धर्मार्थकामाक्षरसाधकस्तु चैत्यादिकार्याणि कृतानि येन ।
7. Burgess, J. A.S.W.I. IX. p. 12. 8. Merutunga, Prabandhacintāmaņi, p. 20. 9. Merutunga, Prabandbacintamani, p. 20; Burguess, J. A. S.W.I.
IX. p. 12.
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