Temple of Satrunjaya

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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own doctrines, and took possession of or destroyed Satrunjaya and all other tirthas.
“Then Dhanesvara Suri, the Moon of the Ocean of the Lunar race, the wise Teacher, inspired by all the gods, made his appearance, instructed Siladitya, the prince of Valabhi in the purifying doctrines of the Jinas, prevailed on him to expel the Bauddhas from the country, and to erect many caityas as the various tirthas. Siladitya, he who brought the law to a new bloom, lived 477 years after Vikrama."115 This gives the date of Siladitya in A.D. 420.
The poet ought to have made Mahavira stop his prophecy here at his own times; but--whether added by a later hand, or otherwise to be accounted for,–Vira goes on to say that, "afterwards Kumarapala, Bahada, and Vastupala 116 will be the first in battle and mighty in this system of doctrine. Then the princes will be Mlecchas, their ministers covetous, the people will forsake their customs, and try to cheat each other."
When 1914 years have elapsed from the death of Vira there will be born at Pataliputra a Mleccha called Kalki, son of Caturvaktra and Rudra. Both the temples of Musali (Balarama) and Krsna at Mathura will fall like an old tree torn up by a storm. The seven plagues: fear, loss of smell and taste, dearth, discord between princes, and other disorders will arise. At the end of thirty-six years Kalki will become king and will dig up the golden stūpas of king Nanda; he will also dig up much treasure in the town of Pataliputra, and in doing so a stolie cow (Lagnadevi) will be found, and prove such a source of torment to holy men (Munis) that many of them will leave the city. Kalki will also persecute the Jainas. Then seventeen days rain will raise a great flood and destroy much of the city, but the king will cause it to be rebuilt and prosperity will prevail foi fifty years. Again Kalki will fall upon the Jainas, and
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Satr. Mahat., XIV. 283-286. The only names in any way resembling these that I have met with are those of Kumarapala the Calukya prince of Anahilawada Pattana (A.D. 1142-1173,) the patron of the Jaina Monk Hemacandra; Bahada Mehta, the minister of Kumarapala, mentioned by Col. Tod (Travels, p. 281) as the minister of Siddha Raja, and the next great restorer of the Satrunjaya temples after Javada, and who built temples there in 1154; and Vastupala mentioned in the Abu inscriptions as a zealous Jaina (A.D. 1231-1237).-Asiat. Resear., XVI. 303-319. In the Girnar inscriptions translated by Wathen, we read,"Sri Tejapala was succeeded by his elder brother's son, Vastupala;" and again-"In Samvat 1234 (A.D. 1177) Paus vadi 6th, Thursday, Sah Vastupala Tejapala caused to be built on Girnar a vast temple, in which was placed Sri Mallinatha. At this period Kumarapala Raja reigned at Pattana, as a frontal ornament amongst princess."
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