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pitality with great wonder, is stated to have sarcastically declared that it was not 'Srimāla' but 'Bhilla māla' [vide PC, pp. 35-36). Mūlarāja, the founder of the Cauluky a dynasty of Gujarata, too, is stated to have hailed from this place. 28.15.
43 HEART
-the great lake near Pātaņa, constructed during
1134-1135 A.D.) by the great king Siddharāja Jay a simha-one of the great things accomplished by him (Vide PC, p. 75). It was constructed on the site of the Durlabhasaras which was constructed by his ancestor Durlabharaja (1010-1022 A.D.). 1008 si v a-temples, 108 Devi -temples and a temple of the ten incarnations of Lord Visnu adorned the banks of this lake. In its centre was situated an islet upon which was erected a temple of Rudreśvara, which has now been turned into a mosque. The beauty of this lotus-covered, swan-teaming lake was further enhanced by a towering snow-white column of victory, of which there are no traces left. To judge from the taunt of the Banaras king to Siddharāja J ay a simha's ambassador at his court about the use of the water of this lake by the populace of Aņa hillapattana though it was
Śiva-nirmālya', this tank must have served the purpose of water-supply for the citizens of Pāța ņa. The Sukstasankirttana (II. v. 35 ) calls it Siddhasaras. 18.1; 19.4-5, 6; 24.2; 25.21; 27.18.
41 TTURIT
--probably the same as Saradhāra near Rājakota in Saurāştra. This historical place was a capital town in mediaeval times. 18.15, 17.
Saurās ļra. 18.15; 27.11.
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—same as Devapaitana. The phallus of Somanātha is regarded as one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Lord Siva. The reference here is not to the town of that name but to the temple itself. The temple was re-built and a fresh phallus was installed at the pious hands of Dr. Rajendra Prasā da,
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