Jainism in Gujarat

Author(s): Chimanlal Bhailal Sheth
Publisher: Godiji Jain Temple Mumbai

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Upto this time, we have dealt with the acti rities of the Jain ministers, Jain officers and Jain monks and nuns of the time of Siddhartja. There were, however, many Jain laymen Tho did useful work by spending money freely for the spread of knowledge. The Jarn-pustalaprasastisangraha compiled by Muni Jinavijaya gires names of many Sravakas and Srayikās who gave away large sums of money for writing books. But most of the Prasastis gire very little informi. ation about the donors There are, however, some big prasastis in the work. The Prasasti to the Bhagavatzsutra is one of them. It contains valuable information about the family of a Jain layman named Siddha.
Siddhinaga, the great grand-father of Siddha, bad four sons named Vodbaka (or Podhakal, Virada, Vaduka (or Vardhana ) and Dranasa The sons of Siddhinaga bad performed mans pious and religious deeds and set up the images of Tirthankaras
Of Siddhiniga's sons, Virada had great respect for Jain monks. His wife Dbanaderí FAS & staunch Jain. Varadeva, Virada's son, was a kind and excellent follower of Jina, He set up an
Siddhinaga, the gro Podhaka (or Polanaka
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1 Jipatija78, Jain Puetal aprasaktheangraha, No 3.