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 Rāştrakūtas Monarchs - B/31
of the complete poem, scholars are debating on the density of the hero of this epic, whether it is the emperor Krşņa or his subordinate Sankaraganda. For arguments sake, critics on either side are equipped with convincing facts and figures!
2.5.4.1. Sankaraganda had another popular epithet of Jayadhira. An inscription from Uppina-Bețageri (Koppa! Dt) reveals that he commissioned a Jaina shrine called Jayadhira-Jinālaya, apparently named after his cognomen, in C. E. 964. Ranna, Kavi-cakravarti, poet-laureate of Tailapa-II, also a protege of the illustrious Attimabbe, has included the name of Sankaraganda along with Būtuga-II, Maruladeva, Mārasimha-II, and Cāmundarāya as the matchless celebrities of 10th cent., in one of his verses in the Ajitapurāņa (C. E. 993). He has the highest compliment in his title Rattara-mēru, ‘Mount-Mēru of the Rāstrakūtas'.
2.5.4.2. Among the Rāstrakūta monarchs, Guņāvaloka Nannarāja's son (C. 8th cent.) and Raņā valūka Kambadēva's son (early 9th cent.) had the name of Sankaragana. Under the influence of the names of their liegelords, the parents of Sankaraganda must have christened him as Sankaragana which in course of time assumed the popular nomenclature of Sankaraganda.
2.5.5. Most celebrated Vādighangala, who had Muñjārya as his first name, a Brāhmaṇa of Parāśara gotra, migrated from Varātadēśa of the North, had proselytized to Jainamata to 'worship the lotus feet of Jinēśvara', mastered the dogmas of syādvāda and anēkānta theory. Vādighangala had become so proficient in Jaina philosophy that he was a recognised Jaina scholar - teacher in the Jaina convent. He was adroit in Lõkāyata, Sānkhya, Vēdānta, Bauddha and Jaina philosophy. His eloquence in the exposition of literature made Ganga Gāngēya Satyavākya alias BūtugaII, a cuckoo in the grove of delighters of all learning, his pupil. Krşņa-III had heighest regard for Vādighanghala alias