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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mentions Nanni śāntara, the younger brother of Bhujabala Śäntara, as the reigning king and also represents that monarch as a great Jain by faith. This long epigraph also represents the aunt (mother's sister) of Nanni śāntara viz. Cațsaladevi, as a supreme Jain laywoman and mentions the fact that she built, in memory of her dead relatives, a great Jain temple, called by the name, Urvītilaka jinalaya. The epigraph also discloses the fact that Castaladevi also built a number of other temples, and caused a number of tanks to be excavated. She and Nanni Sāntara are further represented as the disciples of Vijaya-Bhasțăraka, belonging to Nandigaņa and Arungalānvaya. The famous disciple of this Vijaya-Bhatýāraka was Śreyānša Pandita, who was the recipient of the gift for this great temple-complex. Another epigraph186, of the same date, from the same site, records the gift, made by all the four brothers, viz. Bhujabala, Nanni, Vikrama and Barmadeva and their mother (actually aunt) Cațţaladevi, in favour of this temple. The epigraph, mentions Kamalabhadradeva, a prominent disciple of Vijaya-Bhattāraka, who is also referred to in the earlier epigraph. Two other epigraphs187, from Humcha, of the same period, mention some gifts by these śāntara brothers and Cațţaladevi in almost identical language. An epigraph 188. of Saka 1009, corresponding to 1087 A.D., mentions some gift, for the same temple-complex, by Vikrama Sántara, the younger bother of Bhujabala and Nanni. The recipient was Ajitasena, who too, was a disciple of Vijaya Bhattāraka
The epigraph 28, dated Śaka 1069, corresponding to 1147 A.D., from the same place, of the time of Vikrama śāntara II, mentions his overlord Jagadekamalla (1138-1151 A.D.), and refers to his sister Pampādevi, who is represented as a great patron of the Digambara Jains. Both Vikrama Šāntara II and Pampādevi are represented as the lay disciples of Ajitasena Pandita. The epigraph refers to some gift, made in favour of Urvitilaka jinalaya. The great