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Jinesvara, they gave countless stools, 'kalasas, or water-pots and simbasanas to Jain temples.23
The same writer says that in Āśapalli, Vastupāla set up the images of Viraprabhu and Säntinatha for the spiritual welfare of his son. In the same town, he also set up the images of the principal deities in the temples of Santu and Vayatiya. Tejahpāla set up the image of the 'Mūlanāyaka' or the principal deity in the Jain temple at Tbārāpadra. In the village Umarasig, he built a water-room and an inn. At Serisa, near Kalol ( North Gujarat ), be set up the images of Newinātha and Mahavira in the temple of Pārývanátha. At Vijapur, he placed gold knobs on the temples of Mabāvira and Adinātha. On the Tárangá hill, he set up the images of Ādinātha and Neminātha in Kumāra pāla's temple. In his native place, he repaired all Jain and non-Jain temples. In Mándal, he built a temple to Ādinātha. At Anahilapātana, he set up the image of ‘Mūlanayaka' in the temple of Panchasarā Pārsvanátha. In Bhimapalli, be built a chariot to take out the images of Jina in the public. At Prahladanapura or Palanapura and Chandravati, he built two Jain temples. In the Jain temples of Avanti and Násik, he set up the images of Tirthankaras.
(23) Ibid., p. 306.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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