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performed here. Two inscriptions16 of V.E. 1245 refer to the grant of a house by Yashodhar's wife Palhiya to serve as a garage for a chariot of Mahavir.
The Sachchika Devi temple is an important Jain shrine in Rajasthan. The Upakesh-Gachchha Pattavali relates that in Veer-Samvat 70, Ratna prabha Suri converted the Hindu goddess Mahishasur-Mardini into Sachchika. This legend seems to have become very popular among Jains and is mentioned in several literary works as well as in an inscription dating17 V.E. 1655 (1598 A.D.) It has, of course, no historical value. On the pedestal of an icon in this temple, we find an inscription of V.E. 1234 (1178 A.D.), which18 mentions the installation of the icons of Chandika, Shitala, Sachchika. Ksemankari, Ksetrapala, etc. Another inscription180 dated 1236 (1179 A.D.) records the payment of certain sums to Bhojakas, who were posted there as priests. Worship of Sachchika was also popular in other parts of Western-Rajasthan. An inscription of V.E. 1237 (1180 A.D) incised on a broken image of Sachchika, (Jodhpur Museum) commemorates its installation and dedication. The Parshvanath temple of Lordrava19 has an inscription dated V.E. 1337 (1280 A.D.) on a pedestal of an icon of Ganesh which records the setting up of an image of Sachchika at Ajmer by Padmachandra. The two temples of Mahavir and Sachchika have made this site a Jain Tirth. As already stated, the Oswal, claim their origin from this place.
Mandor :
Mandor is one of the most ancient sites of Marwar. The
16. Nahar I No. 806-807.
सं0 1245 फाल्गुन सुदि 5 अद्य ह श्री महावीर रथ शाला निमितं-पाल्हिया धीयदेव चन्द्रवधू
यशोधर भार्या सम्पूर्ण श्राविकया आत्म श्रेयार्थं । 17. Maru-Bharati Vol. III No. 2 PP. 2-5/Kailash Chand Jain op. cit. pp.
180-184. 18. Nahar No. I 805. 18A. ibid No. 804. 19. ibid III No. 2565. # 1337 970 2–TACTIU forumor HFT oforma
पं० पद्मचन्द्रेण अजमेर दुर्गे गत्वा द्विपंचाशत जिन बिम्बानि सच्चिादेवि सहितानि कारितानि ।
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