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became Bhattarak. He consecrated a Sahashra Kuta Chaityalaya in Dungarpur 16 in V.E. 1531. A few icons and Yantrus bearing inscriptions of V.E. 1534, 1535, 1540, 1542, 1543, 1544, 1545, 1552, etc. were consecrated by him. He wrote Tatva-Tarangini besides eight other works. Jnana kirti17 a pupil of Bhuvan kirti, founded a separate branch of the sect at Bhanpur.
Jnanabhusan was succeeded by Vijay18 kirti. The icons and Yantras consecrated by him bear inscriptions of V.E. 1557,1560, 1561, 1568 etc. He was installed as Bhattarak in V. E. 1557. After Vijay kirti, Subhchandra was appointed Bhatiarak Some icons bearing the dates 1581, 1607, etc. consecrated by him have been noticed. A large scale Pratishtha-Mahotsava was arranged by him in the year V.E. 1581 at Sagawara. He took interest in literary pursuits, and has written 30 works. After Subhchandra, Sumati kirti and Guna kirti, succeeded as Bhattaraks one after the other. Vadibhusan, who became Bhattaruk after Guna kirti, was an important personality. Several icons have been consecrated by him. We find the names of the successors 19 of Vadibhusan as Ram kirti, Padmanandi, Devendra kirti, Kshema kirti, Narendra kirti, Vijay kirti, Nemichandra Chandra kirti, Ram kirti, Yash kirti etc. whose activities were mostly confined to Vagad and Mewar areas.
Bhanpura Branch :
As already stated this branch was founded by Jnana kirti, a pupil of Bhuvan kirti. After him Ratna kirti became Bhattarak. Sixty three of his pupils went to Deccan and settled there. After Ratna kirti, Yash kirti, Sinhanandi and Guna chandra became Bhattarakas one after the other. We find references to their activities
16. In V.E. 1530, Sultan Gayasuddin of Malwa invaded Dungarpur and
ravaged the place. Some temples were also demolished by him. The Rampole inscription of Dungarpur contains a reference to this invasion
[History of Mewar by the Author p. 148 f.n. 8] 17. Joharapurkar op. cit. pp. 154-155. 18. Kasaliwal op. cit p. 63-69. 19. Joharapurkar op cit, pp. 159
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