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શ્રી ચિંતામણિ-પાર્શ્વનાથનું દેરાસર
૧૧૫ That which was called the Pagod of Shantidas was the chief, before Aurangzeb converted it into a mosque. When he performed that ceremony, he caused a cow to be killed in the place, knowing very well, that after such an action, the gentiles, according to their law, could worship no more therein. All round the temple there is a cloister furnished with lovely cells, beautified with figures of marble in relief, representing naked women sitting after the oriental fashion. The inside roof of the mosque is pretty enough, and the walls are full of the figures of men and beast; but Aurangzeb, who hath always made a show of an affected devotion, which at length raised him to the throne, caused the noses of all these figures, which added a great deal of magnificence to that mosque, to be beat off.”
- TMT'p. 10; 'HOG', Vol. II, p. 141-142;
‘SHG', p. 57 ૩૩. આનું મૂળ અંગ્રેજી લખાણ આ પ્રમાણે છે :
“ In 1666 Thevenot speaks of the building as a mosque. But this seems doubtful, as the cloister shrines had still their Jain Saints' images, and inside though their noses were broken the walls still filled with figures of men and animals.”
: - GOBP', Vol. IV, p. 285 38. 2418 41 24 27 241 310 :
“There was a Pagoda in this place which the Muhammadans took possession of in order to turn it into a mosque. Before entering it you traverse three great courts paved with marble, and surrounded
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