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The Structural Temples of Gujarat Jesala Shah erected a Jain temple dedicated to Ajitanatha at Cambay in V. S. 1365 (A. D. 1309)"
Samarāshah or Samarasinha of Anahila vāda repaired the temple of Ādinātha in V. S. 1369 ( A. D. 1313 ) on the Satrunjaya hill. The new image of Ādinatha was consecrated in V. S. 1371 (A. D. 1315).6
At Serisa ( near Kalol, District Mehsana ) there was a temple of Pārsvanatha, as it is stated that while in the way to Satrunjaya, Samarāshah worshipped the said temple. The temple is extinct.
About V. S. 1369 ( A. D. 1312-13), the temples of Vimala Shah & Tejapāla on Mt. Abu were destroyed by the Muslims. The Vimalavasahi was repaired by Vijada, and sons of Dhanasimha and Laligasimha. The inscriptions at the foot of many images in the cells near the principal temples show that many of them were set up about this time. In the Gudhamandapa even to-day there are statutes of the parents, of both the persons, which were set up in the V. S. 1378 ( A. D. 1322 ) when the pratisthā of the temple was performed. 8
Abu is famous for its Jain temples, but there are certain old Brahmanical sites, which are of utmost architectural interest. The temple of Achaleśvara Mahadeva has no linga or idol of Siva but it has an unique sculpture which is called the
5. PILS. Pt. II. pp. 315. ff. 6. Jinavijaya 'Jain Aitihāsika Gurjira Kavya Samuccya' pp. 238-42; also vide Samarārāsu'. Marble was taken in carts to Palitana.
Sixteen clever sculptors were sent from Anahilawada to Palitana to prepare the image of Ādinātha. Bālacandra Muni was to supervise the preparation of image. (Jinvijaya Ibid. pp. 542-43). 7. Ibid. Appendix pp. 136-37 also Jinasūri, ‘Tirchamālā' and Jinaprabhasűri,' Vividhatīrthkalpa 8. PJLS. II. no. 132.
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