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years the temple who completed. Who would not be eager to convery a good message ? Atonce a messenger reached Pāšana and conveyed this message. Being pleased the great minister gave him as gifts theirty two golden tongues miniature tongues made of gold; doing so seems to be an appreciation of the tongne which was lucky enough to speak such good news ) Even before the joy of this news subsided, another messenger came on the next day and gave the message with a sad face that a breach had appearrhd in the temple But this sorrowful news created double degliht in the heart of Bahad and he gave this servnt double the gift he had given to the former messenger in sixty four golden tongues. He thought that, then, he had an opportunity of making the temple very strong Then the great minister came to Mount Śatranjaya at once and gathering the sculptors asked them the reason of the breach in the temple. They answered, ". There is no passage for the wind to go out of this temple, it remains in and hence of the temple is constructed without the 'Bhamati' inside, the wind would not be obstruected; and the temple will be permanently strong, but at the same time be must let you know that according to the principles of the architecture the progeny of the person who gets a temple built without 'Bhamati' never inicreases.
But Bāhada had not to think much.
He preferred the permanent standing of the temple to the increase of his progeny. Besides he had to obey the order of his father, so he asked the artisons to prepare a temple with. out 'Bhamati'. The artisons-masons, sculptors etc-began to work with a heart in it and prepared the new temple at an expense of two crores and ninety seven lacs of rupees. Then, Bāhada invited the whole Jain Sangha together with Śreemad Hémac'andrāc'rāya and performed the installation ceremony in V. S. 1213 with a great festival.
After finishing one work, he came to Gırnāra for the construction of the masonry hedge on the sides of the path leading up
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