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________________ 肇 130 twenty-five thousand Jain images, spent 18 and ninety-six Incs on Satrunjaya, crore twelve crore and eighty laos on Ujjayanta or Giranara, twelve orore and fifty lacs on Arbuda or Mt. Abu and erected 984 Poshadhashalas, 500 Smavasaranas, 700 alms-houses, etc.1 According to the Vastupalacharsta, Vastupala and Tejhapala built 1813 now Jain temples, repaired 3300 old Jain temples, made 1, 25,000 Jain idols and 100,000 Sivalingas, built 3200 nonJain temples, 984 inns, 701 bermitages, 700 alms-houses, 30 forts, 84 lakes, 464 step-wells, 100 bhandaras, 400 water-rooms, 80 toranss and gave annuities to 1,000 hermits and 4024 workers 22 Quoting another authority, the same writer gives the following account of the pious and religious deeds of Vastupala and Tejahpäla : Vastupala and Tejahpals built 700 almshouses, 64 step-wells, hundreds of Jain monasteries and nunneries, many hermitages and 500 pathašalas or schools. Every year they worshipped the Jain Sangha thrice. For the worship of the (21) Rajasekhara, Chaturvimsatiprabandha, p 138, Vastupala, Naraṇārāyanānanda, p. V. (22) Vastupalacharita, p. p. 305-6
SR No.011024
Book TitleJainism in Gujarat
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorChimanlal Bhailal Sheth
PublisherGodiji Jain Temple Mumbai
Publication Year
Total Pages228
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size7 MB
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