Book Title: Jainism in Gujarat
Author(s): Chimanlal Bhailal Sheth
Publisher: Godiji Jain Temple Mumbai

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________________ 203 son Dhanapala made Karnivati bis domicile of choice. He had four song-Sangana, Godo, Samaro and Chacho. Chacho was well-known in Karnavati He made pilgrimages to the holy places of Jains and built a Jain Temple. He had two wives-Lādi and Muktadevi. By his wife Lādi, he had three sons-Vijada, Samala and Puno. By Muktadevi, he had four sons mamed Gunarāja, Ambaka or Ambra,79 Limbaka and Jayanto. Of these four brothers, Gunraja, who gave a rousing reception to Somasundarasūri, was very well-known. He had access to king Ahmad Shah and was his favourite Jeweller, He was a staunch Jain andwent on pilgrimage to Satrunjaya and Giranára in. A, D 1400-01 and A D. 1405-6. In A. D. 1408-9, his younger brother Ambāka or Amba who had ,entered the order of Jain monks, became Váchaka or Upadhyâya. In A. D. 1411-12, he helped the famine-striken persons. In A. D. 1413-14, he went on a pilgrimage to Sopāraka, Jiravally and Mt Abu. His third pilgrimage to the holy Satrunjaya hill was undertaken in A. D. 1420-1. The Jains of far off places were invited. King ( 79 ) According to the Somasaubhāgyakavya, Vāve was the father of Amra (VUI, 19 ) His second name F&B probably Chacho.

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