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From there Lakha went to Jaisalmer. Kelba had 7 sons named Dhanna, Manna, Mala, Jagga, Dungar, Gora and Shesha. Of these, Mala is said to have built a Jain temple at Mahuva. He had 4 sons named Sanda Bhanda, Nonda and Chunda. Bhanda Shah settled at Bikaner, where he constructed the famous temple named Bhandasar in V.E. 1571.
As already stated, Kirti-ratna Suri was the son of Depamall, otherwise known as Delha. He became a Jain monk67 on the 11th day of dark half of Asadh V.E. 1463, and took Diksa from Jinvardhan Suri. He was honoured as “Vachak” in V.E. 1470 by Jin-vardhan Suri in a ceremony performed at Patan (Gujarat). When Jin-vardhan Suri was removed from Acharyship, he became a disciple of Jinbhadra Suri. The latter also honoured him in V.E. 1480 by bestowing upon him the title “Upadhyaya", Kelha Shah, his elder brother, spent lavishly on the festivties to celebrate this occassion. Kirti-ratna suri composed several good works in Sanskrit. Among these, the Laxman-Vihar Prashasti (Jaisalmar inscription of V.E. 1473), Ajit nath Jayamala (V.E. 1476) Neminath Charita (V.E. 1465) etc. are quite of significance. He led the Sangh in V.E. 1514 organised by his brother Kelha, etc. to Santrunjaya. He died at Birampur on the 5th day of dark half of Besakh V,E, 1525.
Salha Shah of Dungarpur :
The Antari Jain temple inscription of V.E. 1525 (1468 A.D.) refers to the family of Salha or Sabha. During the time of Maharawal68 Gajpal, the Jain temple of Shantinath was constructed by Sabha at Antari and a Satragar was also established to feed destitutes, during the great famine of V.E. 1495 No. details concerning his father Bhumbhava are known. Sabha's wife was Karma, from whom he had two sons named Malha and Salha. The latter became the Chief Minister of Maharawal Somdas. He was an able
67. Vinay Sagar--Nakoda Parshwanath (MS) pp. 54-60. 68. A.R.R. M. A year 1930 pp 3-4/G. H. Ojha Dungarpur Rajya ka Itihas
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