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went immediately into the presence of Stnva'Nanda 

 A'Ciia'rya, who was their sacred minister of reh'gion, 

 and acquainted him with tlie vow, and obtained his 

 consent to the journey. Then setting off, with a 

 moderate retinue of the four descriptions, (horse, foot, 

 elephants and cars,) towards Padmandbh-pura, he 

 Jialted at this village, during a few days, for refresh- 

 ment; and being informed by the inhabitants, that 

 there w^as a sacred temple of the Jain worship on the 

 summit o^ Chandragiri, which was founded by Chan- 

 DRAGUPTA IMaha'ra'j, he there performed the custo- 

 mary ceremonies and worship. As he slept there on 

 that night, the heavenly nymph Cushmandama 

 appeared to him in a dream, and recommended to him 

 to desist from his intended journey to Padma?idbh- 

 pura, as it wb.s too distant ; and to worship another 

 image of Gomat I'swara Swa'mi, eighteen times 

 man's height, on the mountain of Indragiri ; equal 

 for miracles to tlie image that was in height fifty-two 

 fathoms at F admandhh-pura. To make the discovery, 

 he was directed to shoot an arrow towards the south, 

 and follow its flight ; by this means he would disco- 

 ver the image, on the spot where that arrow should 

 fall. 



On tlie next morning, Chamundara'y acted ac- 

 cording to the advice given to him in his dream, and 

 was extremely rejoicex:! at the discovery of that won- 

 derful image. He afterwards (ixed his residence on 

 that spot for twenty years ; and made the workmen 

 cut it out into a regular shape, with the utmost acr 

 curacy of proportion in all its parts; the several pro- 

 portions of the body resembling the original likeness 

 of Gomat I's'wARA Swa'mI, in profound contempla- 

 tion, to obtain Mocsha. He also caused several build- 

 ings to be constructed., as temples and other edifices, 

 round the God. On their completion, he established 

 the worship of the image, as God, with great cere- 

 mony and devotion, in the year of the cycle Vibhava, 



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