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The Followers of the Ever Growing One
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this way, between the XIVth and XVith centuries, the names of nine sādhvis and the mention of one group. It is not possible to identify the exact places from which they came, but they were either from Rājasthāna or from Gujarāta.
In the Lūna Vasahi, behind the principal sanctuary, is found the Hastiśālā, the Hall of the Elephants, where ten beautiful marble elephants stand ranged in line; there an inscription of samvat 1360 (1304) mentions the visit of Kharataragaccha munis, sādhus, sādhvis and a caturvidhasaṁgha. 145
The other four inscriptions are to be found in the Vimala Vasahi. That of samvat 1494 (1438) mentions after the names of some Kharataragaccha munis those of: Bhāvamati Ganini, Dharmaprabhā Ganini and Ratnasundari Sadhvi. 146
The second, which is dated samvat 1603 (1547) and recounts the visit to Abū of a fairly large group of the caturvidhasamgha of the Pālhanapuriyagaccha, mentions specifically: Pravartini Vidyāšumati, Ratnasumati and Lakşmicūlā.147
The third, of samvat 1608 (1552) gives just one name of a sādhvi: Sādhvi Nāthi. 148
Finally, the fourth, of samvat 1611 (1555) mentions in the list of pilgrims the names of: Sādhvi Suyir) and Sadhvi Bhānā.149
145 Cf. Muni Jayantavijaya, 1937, Part II, inscr. 317; p.130, sadhu or muni.
146 Ibid., inscr. 188; p. 71.
147 Ibid., inscr. 214; pp. 78-79. Lakşmiculă, cūlā probably denotes a probationer who had not yet received dikṣā.
148 Ibid., inscr. 205; p. 76.
149 Ibid., inscr. 202; p. 75.
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