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Ashakaran, Amipal and Kapurchand. Ashakaran had two sons named Rishabh das and Surdas, Amipal had a son Garibdas. Ashakaran undertook a Sangh-yatra to Shatrunjaya and Abu and performed a Nandi-Mahotsava93 in V.E. 1674 when the title of Acharya was bestowed upon Jin singh Suri of Kharatargachchha. The temple of Shantinath was constructed by him, which was consecrated by Jin chandra Suri of the Kharatargachchha in V.E. 1677. The inscription of V.E. 1677 also states that Asbakaran had set up an icon of Adinath at Shatrunjay.
Medta94 was an important centre of Jainism during this time. In V.E. 1672 and 1674 big Pratisthas were arranged in the town. On V.E, 1677 Besakh Sudi 3, and V.E. 1687 Jyesth Sudi 13 several icons were also consecrated by Vijay dev Suri and Vijay singh Suri of Tapagachchha. These were setup by different Jain families.
Family of Hiranand :
Shresthi Hiranand's ancestors95 were residents of Delhi. Later they moved to Agra. Hiranand led a Sangha in V.E. 1688 to Sammet Sikhar. He constructed a Jain temple known as "Ravan-Parshwanath” at Alwar in V.E. 1645. There were two Hiranands in Agra, who were almost contemporaries, one was Hiranand Choradiya, different from Hiranand of whom we are speaking here.
Bafna families :
The Bafna family of Jaisalmer was well known and respected for its meritorious deeds. No early history of this family is known. The Jaisalmer inscription of Himat ram temple dated V.E. 1891 the Dhuleva inscription of V.E. 1889 etc. mention Devaraj as the progenitor of this family. His son was Guman chand, who had five sons-named (i) Bahadurmal (ii) Sawai-ram (iii) Magani-ram (iv) Zorawarmal and (v) Pratapchand. These brothers settled at
93. The Kharatargachchha Pattavali by Ksama Kalyan Gani. 94. Vinay Sagar No. 1069, 1105, 1110, 1113, 1127 to 1145, 1183 to 1185. 95. Shri Agar Chand Nahta's paper on Ravan Parshwanath Jain Satya
Prakash and Vir Vani-V pp. 8-11.
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