Medieval Jainism

SR No.: 011082
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhasker Anand Saletore
Publisher: Karnataka Publishing House
Total Pages: 448
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 27 MB

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JAINA MEN OF ACTION
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Jina in the basti at Hatņa, Tiptur tāluka, along with the merchants of Belgere-pattana.1
Mariyane Dandanayaka II and Bharateśvara I had served first under king Vişņuvardhana and then under his son king Narasimha I. The Brahmeśvara temple record styles them as those who under king Visņu held the rank of great ministers of the whole kingdom, and "a rank descending from the line of the capturer of Kañci, Vikrama Ganga Vişņuvardhana"; as those who were "the jewelled earrings to the Laksmi the pure syad vada; rejoicing in daily anointings and festivals of the Jina pūjā, delighting in the four manner of gifts, (and) eyes to the doctrine of Akalanka." Of these two brothers Mariyane II won greater fame at the hands of king Visnuvardhana. For the Brahmeśvara temple record says that Mariyane II was like the paṭṭada-ane (State elephant) to king Viṣṇuvardhana; while the Alesandra inscription informs us that, looking upon Mariyāne as his paṭṭadaāne, king Vişņu appointed him as the commander of his army.2
Both the brothers held the offices of Sarvadhikāri, Māņikabhandhari, and Prāṇādhikari (Commanders of the Life Guards) under the same monarch.3 Another record in the Sindhagiri Brahmeśvara temple dated A.D. 1137 praises General Bharata thus-All his wealth for the Jina mandiras, all his love for the subjects, all his good-will for the worship of Jina Raja, all his generosity for the company of the good,
1. M. A. R. for 1918, pp. 21, 45. Hatņa in the Nāgamangala tāluka was a Jaina centre. The Virabhadra temple at this place was a Jaina basadi dedicated to Pārsvanatha. Virabhadra is now made to stand on a Jaina pedestal! M. A. R. for 1919, p. 16. 2. E. C. VI, Cm. 160, op. cit., ibid., IV. Ng. 32, p. 121. 3. Ibid., IV, Ng. 32, p. 121.