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:His son was'. the famous Ballal II (. 1173 1220 A. D.) who once again made the Hoysala empire prosper and showed marked favour to the Syadvada · doctrine... His spiritual guru was Vasupujya Vrati. The king used to visit Jain temples and made many gifts to them. .... • The last two kings who occupied the Hoysala throne were also devout Jains. King Narasimha III while coming back from a military expedition
in 1254 A. D. paid a visit to the Vijaya Parshva· basati at Dorasamudra, and had repaired the
enclosure of the temple and made a grant on this, and other occasions also. The spiritual adviser of this king was Maghnandi Siddhanta, to whom also he granted gifts for Jain temples.”
. His rival brother King Ramanatha who ruled from Kannanur ( 1254-1297 A. D.) was also a pious sain and made gifts of gold for the god Cenna Parshva at Kogale.
In fact the Jain rule of Ahimsa enabled the Hoysala empire shine out in the history of South India,
1. Ibid, 81-82. 2. Ibid., -83-85.
