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MEDIÆVAL JAINISM Yojana Sreşthi (1) built the Anantanātha caityälaya at Gērasoppe, while another Narasaņa Nāyaka constructed the Pārsvanātheśvara basadi at Māgõdu ; that another person called Mābu Gauda built a caityālaya at Bankanabasilu ; that Yojana śreşthi (II) built a two-storeyed caityālaya of Nemīśvara and Gummațanātha in Gērasoppe ; and that another relative of theirs, the celebrated Kañcadhikäri, the chief of the settis of Bhattakaļa, built a caityālaya in a place the name of which is effaced in the record.
Ambavana śreşthi who is called a royal śresthi in the record, was the son of Nāgappa Sreşthi (II). He was matrimonially connected with Yojana śreşhti (II) mentioned above. His wife was Devarasi. In connection with these two we have a typical instance of how citizens constructed public buildings in those days. These two-Ambavana śreşthi and his wife, one day came to the Nemi Jina caityālaya at Gērasoppe, and heard with reverence the dharma from Abhinava Samantabhadramuni. They then decided to acquire merit by constructing a mānastambha in front of the Nemīśvara basadi built by their grandfather Yojana śreşthi. Then going home, with the approval of their brothers Kotana setti and Malli Setti, and their other relatives, they made known their intention as to this work of merit to their ruler Deva Bhūpa. And with the approval of the king and that of the sanghas (which are unfortunately not named), on a propitious day they carried out their promise and had a pillar of bell-metal made. Meanwhile, to Devarasi twin daughters, Padmarasi and Devarasi, were born ; and taking that as an auspicious omen, they had the bell-metal pillar which had been made, set up in front of the caityālaya. And upon the pillar they fixed a golden kalasa of the same height as that of the twins Padmarasi and Devarasi. The mänasthambha
