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Pundarika. The image as set up by Javadi was broken into pieces by the Mlecchas.
Pälittän is a town in Valakya where lived Kaparddi, the mayor of the place, who was a man of dissolute character. One day two Sūris came to him on the occasion of the Satruñjaya festival.
The Girināra, the best of mountains, sanctified by Śrī Nemi, is known by such other names as Raivataka, Ujjayanta, etc. This mountain is situated at Surastra. Here exist the Jina temples on its summit. Vastupala built three temples here to do good to the world. The Kunda known as Gajendrapada was on the summit of the mountain. In the temple of Satruñjaya built by Vastupala are the images of Rṣabha, Pundarika, Aṣṭāpada, Nandiśvara and Amba. At the sight of the peak called Avalokana sanctified by the lotuslike feet of Sri Nemi, one's desires are satiated. On its summit, Samba (son of Jambavati), Pradyumna and Mahādyumna practised great religious austerities. Here the anointed figure of Sri Nemi was replaced by a stone one, studded with the gems of Kasmira. Here exist a large number of rivers, springs, pits, mines and trees.
The Ujjayanta is a beautiful mountain in Saurāṣṭra. The emancipation-stone of Neminatha is known all over the world. Here is a river named Vihala in Ujjayanta. On its northern side exists the temple of Sakra (Sakrāvatāra). Here is Payakuṭṭima on the peak of Visalaśṛnga. On its nearest pinnacle is Kabbata-lake. The famous Kohandihara shines on the top of the Ujjayanta. A river by the name of Vegavati flows near by. The stone of the place is of the colour of red arsenic. Below is the golden land. Close by is a mountain known as Tilavisāraṇa. Here is a river called Senā. Inside lies the pit (rasakunda) of Ganapati. Near the Karañja tree is an attractive place of pilgrimage known by the name of Sahasasava, where lies the stone-figure of a horse. In Ujjayanta is a stone known as Jñāņaśilā (stone of knowledge). Ascending the first peak of the Ujjayanta and then descending to the south, one will come across a cavern known as Pūtikara. To the cast of the house of Kohandi lies the abode of hermits, which contains the image of Vasudeva. Here is an image of Parvati at a distance of
1 Girināra or the ancient Girinagar or Girnar is identical with modern Junagaḍ. Ujjayanta is the mount Girnar close to Junagad in Kathiawar. It is sacrod to Neminatha the twenty-second Tirthankara of the Jainas. Ujjayanta is written as Urjayata in the Rudradāman Inscription. According to some Ujjayanta and Raivataka are identical (N. L. Dey, Geographical Dictionary, p. 211).
