Temple of Satrunjaya

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

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Rana127 tree", which grows in the next enclosure-a tree frequently found overshadowing small temples over the feet of Adinatha, the pādukā under this tree being considered as symbolical of the dominion of Adinath.128 A sixth temple built by Sah Lakharaja Kamalsi of Ahmedabad, has nineteen images of Adinatha, etc., two Sadhu mürtis, an image of Cakresvari Mata, and another of Kavada Yaksa; and another Caumukh, close to the principal one, on the north side, built by Sah Gopala Devaraja is furnished with seven images of Adinatha, etc.
Among the others we may enumerate: (1) Three Caumukh temples built conjointly by a Sangha, in A.D. 1727 containing 2500 pairs of feet. (2) A temple on the south side built in A.D. 1799 by Sah Hukamchand Gangadas of Mahimapur, containing six statues of Parsvanatha. (3) Two small temples, each supported on four pillars, open on all sides, built in 1813 and 1818 A.D. over a few pairs of the pädukā of Jinadatta Suri. (4) A similar one built in 1725 over a pair of feet of Adinatha. (5) Temple of Ganadhara paglan, or feet of the followers of the Jinas-open on all sides, and built in 1625 by Bhanasali Punsi of Jesalmir contains 1452 pairs of feet. (6) A temple of marble facing the east and "built after the Mughal fashion", by Seth Vaghmalji Ghanarupji of Ajmer in 1853 with nine images. (7) Another facing the east, built in 1727 by Sah Amirachand Vaghaji of Ahmedabad, having sixteen images and one pair of feet. (8) A temple facing the west built in 1834 (S. 1891) by Bohora Amarsi contains nine statues of stone, six pañcatirthi, twenty-one statues of metal, and one pair of feet. The remainder are generally very small and most of them belong to the present century.
This cauk of Sava Somji within the gate of Pundarika, is about 270 feet long by 116 feet wide, and forms a striking feature in the view from the south.
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Guj. Rayana, Sansk. Rajadani, which Hemacandra makes synonymous with the Priyala, and his editors, Boehtlingk and Rieu, identify with the Buchanania Latifolia--the Chironjia Sapida of Roxburgh; and M. Deslongchams agress with this in his edition of the Amarakosa, adding that it is the Bengali Piyala. Dr. Bhau Daji, however, says this tree, called Piyala in Hindi and Chara in Gujarati and Marathi, is quite different from the Rayana or Rajana, which is the Mimusops Hexandria (Roxb) and is found in the Konkan and Gujarat. Another species, he adds, the Mimussops Kauki with a longer yellow fruit, is found in Central India and Bengal. This latter, M. Deslongchamps makes the Kirani. H. H. Wilson in his Dictionary calls the Rajadani the Butea Frondosa. Parsvanatha, it is said, attained mukti (moksa) beneath a Cironjia tree on Mount Samet Sikhar ; and another legend says that the death of Rsabhanatha occurred while he was standing under a sacred Vata tree-the Ficus Indica. Conf. Hemacandra, Abhidhana Cintamani, 1142 and 1136, ed. Boeht. and Rieu, pp. 213 and 211 ; Deslongchamps, Amarakosa, pp. 87, 89; Satrunj. Mahat., I. 270, 279. So in the Ramayana (11.123) Bharata places the two shoes of Rama in the throne left vacant by his absence, Weber, Uber des Satr. Mahat. pp. 18, 19.
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