History of Rastrakutas of Malkhed and Jainism

SR No.: 006719
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Nagarajaiah Hampa
Publisher: Ankita Pustak
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 374
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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The Rāstrakūtas Feudatories / 49
3.5.7. The glory of Callakētanas reached its pinnacle once again during the period of Lõkate alias Lõkāditya, second son of Bankēya. Lõkāditya was ruling 31102 bādas (villages) as adelantado, governor under Krsna-II. Lõkate was a confident of Krsna, as was Bankēsa, his father, to Amõghavarşa, father of Krsna. Lokāțe commissioned a Jinālaya, Lokamāhēśvara dēvālaya, a tank called Lokasamudra sarõvara, and a town named Lõkāpura (Bijāpur Dt), Hari-Hara-Buddha-Jinālaya, in C. E. 902. It is during this epoch that the adept Guņabhadra completed the last cantos of Uttara Purana at Bankāpura Jinālaya in C. E. 897-98.
3.5.7.1. Callakētana's sway over the Jaina chiefs of Bhārangi is attested by epigraphic evidences. Bittayya a Perggade, 'a head man/minister' under Lokateyarasa alias Lõkāditya, founded a Jaina shrine at Bandaļike in C. E. 902. Bittayya’s consort and a gāvundi, 'county sheriff of Bhārangi, commissioned Mahāvīra Jinālaya at Bhārangi in C. E. 904.
3.5.7.2. Kalivitta-I, Dhora-III, Bankiya-III, the three sons of Lõkate, and Kalivitta-II (928-46), grand son of Lõkate, continued to serve their overlords. It is curious to note the historical coincidence that, with the exit of the imperial Rāstrakūta dynasty, the Callakētanas and the Vēmulavāda Cālukyas, both faithful feudatories, vanquished into a state of political limbo.
3.5.8. Jina Pārsva temple at Koņņür, Lõkāpura basadi, Bandaļike basadi of śāntínātha Jina, Mahävira Jinālaya at Bhārangi, Dhora Jinālaya, Uripattāyaṇa basadi, Kalivița Jinālaya, Konti Mahādevi basadi, Nittasingi basadi and another basadi at Bandaņike built by Bittayya in C. E. 902 for which Lõkateyarasa donated the village Dandapalli - were some of the Jaina shrines that flourished with the refuge of Callakētanas. There are Jaina temples elsewhere at Chabbi, Halasangi and other places with the name of