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Mahāvīra spent here fourteen nights during the rains. There are many sacred places at Nālandā. In front of the stūpa, called Kalyāna, stands a temple of Gautama.
Satruñjaya1: Ascetic Pundarika attained perfection at the sacred place of Satruñjaya, which is also known as Siddhikşctra, Tirtha-rāja, Marudeva, Bhagiratha, Vimalādri, Vāhubali, Sahasrakamala, Tālabhaja, Kadamba, Sata-patra, Nagādhirāja, Astottarasata-kūta, Sahasra-patra, Dhanka, Lauhitya, Kaparddinivāsa, Siddhi-sekhara, Muktinilaya, Siddhiparvata and Pundarika. It is adorned with five summits (kūtas).
It was visited by a large number of accomplished sages, such as Rşabhasena and twenty-three arhats from Nābheya to Vīra excepting Nemiśvara.
King Sri Vāhubali built the temple of Marudeva at Satruñjaya. Great sages like Nami and Vinami here attained the bliss of perfection. Many saints and kings attained perfect beatitude. Here the five Pandavas with Kunti attained perfection. Ajita and Santi, two Jinas, spent the lent here. Nandişena Ganesa offered to Ajita and Santi hymns beneficial to persons suffering from diseases. King Megha-ghoşa, the great grandson of Kalki, built two temples of Marudeva and Sānti. Here stand the temples of Pārýva and Vira at Pādaliptapura. Below is the gigantic temple of Neminātha. This temple of Yugādisa was restored by Mantriśvara Vāgbhata at an enormous cost'. Setthi (banker) Jāvadi heard about the peculiar virtue of Satruñjaya. He ascended the summit of the Caitya with his wife and attained heavenly bliss by establishing the images of Pundarīka and Kaparddi thereupon. On the south is the image of primeval Pundarika and on the left is another image set up by Jāvaại. The cave lying to the north of Srimad Rsabha, set up by the Pāņdavas, still exists. Close to the Ajita Caitya lies the Anupama lake. Near Marudevi is the magnificent Caitya of Sānti. Here are mines of gold and silver within a space of thirty cubits in front of the temple of śānti. At a distance of one hundred cubits lies the Pūrvadvāra well.
Satruñjaya was under the rule of Dharma-datta and his son, Megha-ghoşa. Minister Vastupāla, the younger brother of Teja-pāla, thinking of the defeat in future at the hands of the Mlecchas, established the images of Adyārhat and
1 The most sacred of the five hills of the Jains in Kathiawar, at the castern base of which tho town of Palitānā is situated, 70 miles north-west of Surut.
