Comprehensive History of Jainism Volume II

SR No.: 002003
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Aseem Kumar Chaterjee
Publisher: Firma KLM Pvt Ltd
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 414
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, History, & Religion
File Size: 19 MB

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of the epigraph, as a great Jain saint, whose feet were worshipped by many monarchs." The preceptor of this Brahmasena was one Āryasena. The epigraph further informs us that Cāäkirāja also built an image of Supārsva, the 7th Tirthankara, at the request of his father Kommarāja, in the temple-complex of Sāntinātha. Another disciple of Mabāsena, viz. Jinavarman, built a temple of Pārsva near the main shrine. Apparently, as the language of the epigraph suggests, this temple complex at Ponnavāņa (the ancient name of Honwad), was quite a large and impressive one.
A some what earlier Jain epigraphos, of the time of Someśvara I, dated Śakı. 969, corresponding to 1047 A.D., has been discovered from Arasbidi. It refers to a Jain temple called Gonada Bedangi Jinālaya, which was named after Akkādevi, a sister of Someśvara I, Gonada Beqangi was a title of that royal lady and it was she, who according to the present epigraph, gave a grant for this Jain temple. The gift was entrusted to Nāgasena Paņdita of the Mūlasangha, Sena gana and Hogari gaccha. According to this inscription, the earlier name of the place was Vikramapura. Two more epigraphs from Arasbidi are known. The first oncot, dated Călukya Vikrama year 10, corresponding to 1085 A.D., refers to the same Gonada Bedangi temple and mentions a Sinda chief called Barmadeva. The second one, dated 1167 A.D., of the time of Kalacurya Bijjala, also refers to this temple. Another Jain epigraph from the same place is known.
Another important Jain centre in Bijapur district was Hungund, which was known in earlier times as Ponnugunda. At least two inscriptions from this place are known, and both belong to the 11th century. The first one'r dated 1074 A.D., of the ti ne of Someśvara Il discloses the name of Arasara Basadi, a Jain temple of this place. The other epigraph 8, from Hungund, belongs to the time of Vikramaditya VI, and refers to another Jain tem ple of this