Jain Dharma ka Maulik Itihas Part 4

SR No.: 002074
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hastimal Maharaj
Publisher: Jain Itihas Samiti Jaipur
Publication Year: 1995
Total Pages: 880
Language: Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari & History
File Size: 16 MB

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[ जैन धर्म का मौलिक इतिहास-भाग ४
लिंगायत सम्प्रदाय के अनुयायियों द्वारा आन्ध्र प्रदेश और कर्णाटक में किये गये भयंकर संहार से पूर्व जैन किस प्रकार बहसंख्या में विद्यमान थे किस प्रकार का उनका वर्चस्व था और संहार के पश्चात् जैनों की किस प्रकार की स्थिति रही इस पर प्रकाश डालते हुए लब्ध प्रतिष्ठ इतिहासज्ञ एम. एस. रामास्वामी प्रायंगर तथा बी. शेष गिरि राव ने अपनी संयुक्त कृति “स्टडीज इन साउथ इण्डियन जैनिज्म" के एपीग्राफिया जैनिका नामक द्वितीय अध्ययन में प्रकाश डालते हुए लिखा है :
"Progress in the discovery of Andhra --Karnatake Jaina Epigraphs-Bearing of the progress of epigraphy on the materials of the last chapter-places at which Jaina epigraphs have been found-Main indication-Difference between the Andhra and the Andhra-Karnata epigraphs--more numerous in the Andhra Karnata than in the Andhra districts--scope for further enquiries--Regions in the Andhra Desa awaiting exploration-Difference between the Hindu Revival in the Andhra and the Andhra 'Karnata districts in its bearing on the fortunes of Jainism-Tabulation (classified) of Andhra-Karnata Jaina epigraphs and a few points of further interest brought outJainism and its antiquity in the Andhra Kalinga country.
Epigraphic Research in the South Indian Presidency is still in a state of continuous progress. Yet, so far as it has succeeded in interpreting the memorial epigraphs of the past, it has proved in a considerable measure the validity of the traditions of the local Records relied upon as the chief materials for the foregoing survey, in outline, of the meaning and message of the social tradition of the Jainas in the Andhra and Karnata mandalas. The District Manuals and Gazetteers largely trusted to the guidance of these local traditions in the conduct of further enquiries and their light never proved illusory. In and about the centres of Jainism mentioned in these records, the officers of the Epigraphist department have discovered traces of Jaina epigraphs taking us back to the times when Jainism played a predominent and significant part in South India. These epigraphs still await publication. Find spots of Jaina Antiquities. At Penokonda, Tadpatri, Kottasivaram, Patasivaram, Amarapuram, Tammadahalli, Agali and