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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in C. E. 898, a Kāma-jinālaya, on the crest of the hill at Hombuja (Pombuļca/Pomburca, Shimoga Dt) in stone and dedicated it to his preceptor Mauni-bhatāra. [Nāgarājaiah, Hampa : 1997 42-44).
2.2.6.1. Pāļiyakka, spouse of Vikrama Sāntara and daughter of the palace-cook, who met her death with equanimity, commissioned two Jaina temples in C.E. 898. Of the two shrines, the one built in stone and dedicated to Arhat Pārsva, the 23rd Tirthankara, continues to exist in good condition. (ibid; 176-77).
2.2.7. Gunanandi (circa 880 C. E.) completed Sabdārņava, 'an ocean of grammar', a gloss on Dēvanandi Pūjyapāda's Jainēndra-Vyākaraṇa (late 6th cent.). Guñanandi, logician - grammarian and a poet, had a learned pupil in Dēvēndra Munindra (C. E. 900), who was the preceptor of Adikavi Pampa (C. E. 941), the greatest of Kannada men of letters.
2.3. Indra-III (914-29), son of Kșsna-II, sucessfully captured the Pratihāra rājadhāni and the king Mahipāla had to flee for shelter.
2.3.1. Srivijaya, general of Indra-III, made Dānavulapādu (AP: Cuddapah Dt, Jammalamadugu Tk) a nerve centre of Jainism. Srivijaya, like the author of Kavirājamarga, of the some name, was a poet and had studied Jaina scriptures. Leņdeyarasa, a governor, donated Vutavura village to a Jaina establishment in C. E. 916.
2.3.2. Preceptor Candraprabha Bhatāra, chief of Dhora Jinālaya and Bankāpura diocese, was also administering Pasundi (Asundi). An inscription dated C. E. 925 from Asuņdi (Gadag Dt) of the reign of Nityavarşa Govinda-IV, registers an endowment of land made by Nāgayya to the Jinālaya founded by him [SII. XI-i. 34. C. E. 925. Asundi. p. 20).
2.3.3. A basadi called Indra-Jinālaya founded in the