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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JAINISM IN SOUTA INDIA
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Jain Epigraphs from Mandya district : The earliest Jain epigraph 30% of our period, assigned to circa 1000 A.D., has been found from Mutsandra in Nagamangala taluk of this (Mandya) district. This short epigraph refers to a temple called Coka Jinālaya. Next, we have an epigraph Ros, from Belūru in Mandya taluk, dated Saka 944, corresponding to 1022 A.D., in the reign of Ganga-Permanadi. It refers to the construction of new Jina temple (nava-jinalayak. Next important Jain epigraph 30°, from this district, has been found from Tippur in Malavalli taluk, dated 1039, corresponding to 1117 A.D., in the reign of the famous Hoysala king Vishnuvardhana. It mentions the fact that, with the permission of his king, the great Gaigarāja donated the village of Tippüra to Meghacandra Siddāntadeva, belonging to Mülasangha, Kānūra gana and Tintriņika gaccha,
A number of epigraphs from Kambadahalli in Nagamangala taluk are known, which show that from the early 12th century, this place became a centre of Jainism. According to an epigraph 80% of 1118 A.D., of the time of Hoysala Vishnuvardhana, his famous Jain general Gangarāja, obtained this place from the king, and gave it to Subhacandra his guru. Probably after this date, this place became a J in tirtha and several Jina temples were constructed here. An epigraph 806 of about 1120 A.D., is actually an epitaph of two Jain ladies viz. Rukamabbe and Jakabbe, who were the lay disciples of Prabbâcandra, belonging to Kondakunda anvaya, Deśiya gaña, Pustaka gaccha and Mūlasangba. An epigraph 307 of about 1:30, records the construction of a Jina temple, dedicated to śāntinātha at this place by Boppa, the illustrious son of the great Gangarāja. Boppa, as we have already seen, constructed a temple at Halebid, in memory of his father, in 1133 A.D.308. Another epigraph 809, from this place dated 1145 A.D., records some grant for the śāntiś vara basadi (apparently identical with the temple, built by Boppa) of this place, by Mariyane and Bharatimayya, the two generals of the Hoysalas. Both the generals were the lay