Jain Journal 2001 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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of Rsabhanātha was erected at Anahilavāda by a merchant prince Ninnaya by name sometime in the 8th-9th centuries A.D. In the tenth century A.D. there were many Jaina temples at Khajuraho. In Cunningham's list at No. 26, there is an ancient temple called Setnath which is most probably from the original name of Ādinātha, 14 feet in height, at No. 27 in his list. There is yet another small ancient Jaina temple now dedicated to Ādinātha. Sometime in the 11th cent. A.D. the Jaina Vimala Sāha was appointed Governor of Ābu under Bhima I of Gujarat. In 1031 A.D. Vimala Sāha built a marble temple of Ādinātha at Delwara on Mount Abu. At the village of Sandhārā, near Bhanpurā, two Jain temples were dedicated to Ādinātha and belonged to the Digambara Community. Regular worship is carried on in these two temples. 11
Some pieces of information on Adinātha temple pertaining to Bengal are mentioned below:
Temples / mandirs
1. Deuli-Adinātha temple, almost dilapidated.
2. Arsha (Boran Police St.) in Purulia-Rşabha. Status 3. Jhalda (10th cent. A.D.) with inscription. The term Śrāvaka is
used. 4. Purulia Dt
i) Sufaran ii) Suisā iii) Haraktore iv) Pakbirla (Rsabha) v) Telkupi in Cheliāmā
vi) Lālgarh near Cheliāmā 5. Bankura
i) Deul Bhilā (Indpur = idpur) ii) Dharapāt
iii) Gobindanagar, P.S. Jaypur. 6. Malda Dist.
i) Adinātha Statue near Pandua (9th-10th cent. A.D.) with
inscription pub. by Asoke Bhattacharya in the Asiatic
Society's Journal, Vol. No. 52/53. 7. West Dinajpur
i) Surāhār-Ādinātha temple. 8. Sundarban area Rşabhanātha statue. 11. Majumdar, ibid., p. 535f.