Svasti

SR No.: 007006
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Nalini Balbir
Publisher: K S Muddappa Smaraka Trust
Publication Year: 2010
Total Pages: 446
Language: English, Hindi
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 16 MB

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C.S. Vasudevan, Donation Pattern to the Jinalayas
Sanghasena gana and Kaurar gachchha, that was situated in front of Ujjilivolal the capital of the region Kallakelagu-500. The gift was by Panditya, disciple of Vadiraja in the lineage of illustrious Vadireja. Other gifts by the local mercantile community were also made to the deity.24 There are numerous evidences of making images of tirthankaras and their installiation in the temple by philanthropic donors. Inscriptions from Hyderabad25 and Peddatumbalam26 mention that the images of Pamchaparameshthi were made by Devanna, son of Senabova Achanna of Erambarage a disciple (Chatta) of Madhavachandra-bhattaraka, who belonged to the Mula-samgha, Desiya-gana, pustaka-gachchha and Yimgalesvara-bali Gommata-Parsva-Jina was caused to be made by the Mahapurusha Bochikabbe, the wife of Chenchi-setti, a disciple of Chandrakirtti bhattaraka of the Mula-samgha, Desi-gana, Postakagachcha and Kondakund-anvaya. Similarly another recorda7 from Hyderabad mentions that Bopana, son of Emmeya Prithigauda of Kopana-tirtha and his wife Malauve and the lay disciple of Rajaguru mandalacharya Maghanadisiddhanta-chakravarti caused the image of Chauvisatirthankara (i.e., the 24th Tirthankaras) to be made and presented to the basadi built by Madana-danayaka of Mula-Samgha and Desiya-gana. The Gangapuram record28 is important from two aspects. First it refers to the construction of a Jina-griha and the consecration of the image of Chennaparsvanatha therein by Mahavaddavyavahari Manigara Kalisetti of Tumbala and to a gift of income from levies on commodities such as areca and other items for the worship of and offerings to the same. It contains an eulogy of Nayakirtideva who was perhaps the recipient of the gift. The second aspect is that the mention of the officers Sunkadhikari and Addasunkadadhikari in the record show that they concurred with the merchants to donate the income from levies on commodities. This suggests that they were empowered to divert the income of the State to temples. A record from Koratla29 registers a gift of land for the service of Rattamartanda Jinalaya, when Padmanandi Siddhantadeva was the acharya. At the end a Jaina sect of Koravattu ghosta, belonging to the Kornurugana and Tintinigachha, is mentioned. The Chilkuru inscription, now preserved in the Hyderabad Museum is interesting 30 It registers the gift for the repairs and maintenance of the Antara basadi of Chikura by Sridharavarmadeva and Kirtivarmadeva the Perggades of the king on the occasion of
24 APGAS, III, No. 36; KIAP, No. 725. 25 AREp, 1965-66, No. B 8; HAS, No. 12; The Kannada Inscription of Koppal, No. 10; Jainism in South India, Sholapur, 1957, pp. 381-83; KIAP, No. 385. 26 AREP, 1956-57, No. B 44; Jainism in Andhra. No. 69; KIAP, No. 496. 27 AREP, 1965-66, No. B 9; HAS, No. 12; The Kannada Inscription of Koppal, No. 9 Jainism in South India, pp. 379-81; KIAP, No. 386. 28 AREp, 1961-62, No. B 39; KIAP, No. 763. 29 IAP, Kr. No. 17; Jainism in Andhra, No. 44; KIAP, No. 444. 30 APAREP, 1966, No. 144; Jainism in Andhra, No. 49; KIAP, No. 408.