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A. D. 1122–23 and 1124-5. He attended the famous debate between Dovasūri and Kumudachandra. With his advice and assent, Jayasimha made a pilgrimage to the Satrunjaya hill and gave a grant of twelve villages to the temple of Adinātba.16
Sajjana was another Jain officer of Siddharāja. After the conquest of Sorath, he was appointed governor of the province. This is confirmed by an inscription in Neminātha's temple built by him on Giranāra??.
Sajjana's temple on Giranāra is the largest temple on this hill. It was repaired in A. D. 1278. It stands in a quadrangular court about 190 ft. by 130 ft. It consists of two halls. The garbhagriba has a large image in black stone of Neminātha, the twenty-second Tirthankara. The principal mandapa in front of this has twentysquare columns of granite. The floor is marbled. Round the shrine is a passage or .bhamati' containing many images in white marble. The outer hall has two large raised platforms, the upper slabs of which have a close grained yellow stone covered with representations of the foot of the
16 Desai, Jain Sahityano Itihasa, p. 285. 17 Bom. Gaz., I (i), p. 176. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
