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 Răstrakūtas Feudatories / 55
it their official residence. From then on, the Sāntaras never looked back, grew from strength to strength, but never aspiring to become themselves overlords.
3.7.6. Jagēsi alias Jayakēśi was a feudatory of Amõghavarşa-I. His successor Vikrama Sāntara alias Vikramāditya (895-935), emerged as a powerful vassal of Krsna-II, in the south. He assumed the title of Tolāpuruşa Sāntara, symbolising his outstanding attribute of charity. Vikrama Sāntara promoted art and religious edifices. He founded magnificent Jaina shrine, a Kāma-Jinālaya on the crown of the Hill at Hombuja, and dedicated it to his preceptor Mauni Bhatāra, in C. E. 897-98 [Nagarajaiah, Hampa: The Sāntaras - A study: 1997 - A).
3.7.6.1. Vikrama Sāntara, valorous warrior, placed his family in the position of a prestigious ruling dynasty and ushered in a eventful period. Krşņa-II, his overlord, proved favourable to him in his political endeavours. His records recount a list of conquests which he accomplished. He performed Hiranyagarbha sacrifice. His successors did not defy the suzerainty of the imperial Rāştrakūta dynasty. Cāgi Sāntara had married Jākaladevi, daughter of Adeyūra śāntivarma. Vira Sāntara's consort Enjaladēvi was daughter of Alupa king Raņañjaya. Kannara Sāntara bore the epithet of Kannara alias Krsna-III. All the three successors of Vikrama Sāntara did not wield any authority of consequence. The real glory of Sāntara dynasty reached its zenith once again in the period of the Cālukyas of Kalyaņa.
3.7.7. The Sāntaras were devout Jainas, from the beginning to the end. Without facing any dynastic feud, they ruled with Patti-Pombuļcapura, ‘city of gold', the modern Hombuja (Shimoga Dt, Hosanagara Tk), a forest-clad town as their capital, forover a thousand years, unobtrusively. Hombuja was a seat of Pañca-matha, monasteries of the five dominant sects of the period. A glowing description of the