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had representatives of Karmakanda as well as Brahmavadins (v. 82 etc.). The six gods - Brahmă, Vishņu, Şiva, Sūrya, Soma and Kārtikeya were established in the city by its kings (v. 46), that is there were royal temples dedicated to these gods in Anahillapura. The sound of conches in the city's temples is said to over-power Kali ( 88 ). We are also told how a Jaina sees in Ārhaţa, Şiva, Vishnu and Brahmă (v. 79 ); and how the sixteenth Tīrthankara Sánti is remembered by his devotees (v. 129 ).
Though, thus, almost all the religious sects were represented in Aşahillapura, Şaivism, Jainism, and to à certain extent Vaishnavism seem to have occupied the place of honour.
The morality of the people as revealed by the synthesis of different Purushārthas-Human Purposes-is described in several verses (8, 20, 21, 45, 92, 130, 133 etc). In fact, H. in the very first verse of the description of the city calls Aşahillapāțaka-' An Abode of Dharma' (FATIT ).
To Hemachandra, people of Aṇahillapura appeared "First in bravery, first in şāstra ( science, learning), first in self - control, first in meditation, first in truth, first in six schools of philosophy, and first in six angas of Vedas'. *
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When describing the reign of the Bhima I, we had occasion to refer to the intellectual life of Anahillapura
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