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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COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF JAINISM of V.S. 1345, was discovered from Hathundi (Godwar district). This particular place, as we have already noticed in our earlier volume, 367 yielded an inscription of the 10th century A.D. In the present epigraph 8 88, there is a reference to a temple of Mahāvira, although in the epigraph of the 10th century, a temple of Rishabha of this place was mentioned. An inscription from Ratnapura, bearing the date V S. 1348, mentions a grant in favour of Pārsvanātha of that place, during the reign of mahārāj akula Sāmantasimha. 369 Two epigraphs of the time of Sāmantasimha, bearing the same date (V.S. 1352), discovered from Barmer, are also Jain inscriptions $70 and have the same language. The temple of Adinātha of Barmer was visited by the Kharatara Ācārya Jineśvara in V.S, 1283, according to the Kharataragaccha-bshadgurvävali.371 An inscripiion from Jalor, 872 mentions the temple of Pārsvanātha on Suvarnagiri, which received some grant from one Narapati in V.S. 135), during the reign of this king. The last Jain epigraph,378 which mentions this king, has come from Vāghiņa (Sirohi district) and bears the date V.S. 1359, corresponding to 1302 A.D. The epigraph mentions the festival of śāntinātha of the village of Vāghasipa. The last known king of this dynasty viz. Kānhadadeva 874 was a feudatory of Ala-Ud-din and nothing, practically, is known about him.
Regarding the Cāhamānas of Ranastambhapura, we can say this much, that Jainism was not neglected by the rulers and people of that place. That Jain temples existed in large number in Raņastambhapura, is proved by the evidence of a contemporary Jain work. 876 The great Hammira (1283130:), according to Nayacandra, in spite of his devotion for the orthodox religion, did not forget to worship Rishabhadeva, when he was on his digvijaya.876 According to a Digambara Jain epigraph, the saint Dharmacandra was honoured by Hammira.877 That a Jain writer like Nayacandra is so full of praise for him, is also indicative of his