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________________ ANDHRA KARNATA JAINISM. & తూర్యనిర్ధోషణం | శాఖాచ రేండ్రధ్వజవిరాజమానమానోత్తుంగ సింహలాంఛనం! దత్తాతిః కాంచనం | సమర జయ కారణం | కదంబరా భగణం | మార్కోల్పగ గండం | ప్రతాపమార్తాండం । మండలిక గండ బంగారం ॥ . ... 30 And yet, even in the Karnata country, donors to Jaina shrines had to make special appeals to the liberality and generosity of the followers of the Vaidica tradition when it so happened that they had to grant Brahmana Agraharams to Jaina munis or the shrines at which they worshipped. Thus it was not the political influence and patronage that the Jaina munis commanded that secured their porperties to them but the generosity of the followers of the Vaidica tradition and the respect they had for genuine scholarship and character among the Jainas. In support of this view may be cited an inscription dated in A.D. 898 of the time of the Chalukya king Trailōkyamalla Dēva in which the donor makes a special appeal to the Brahmanas of a village that he was granting to a Jaina foundation. He addresses them thus:-“ యమనియమస్వాధ్యాయధ్యాన ధార ణమౌనానుష్ఠాన పరాయణజపశీల సంపన్నరు అతీతాగతవర్త మాన కాలదూరశ్రవణ విజ్ఞానా విజ్ఞానాదిగ ళొళతిపరిచితరుం | అనేక తర్కశా _స్త్రవిద్యావిశారదరుం | ఆశ్రీకజనాదరుం | ఏక వాక్యరు | స్వేతఛత్ర "చామరాద్య నేక రాజచిహ్నో పలక్షితరుం | శ్రీవాసు దేవలబ్ధప్రసా దరుం |" and appeals to them to see that the enjoyment of the grant of their village to the Jaina scholar mentioned is maintained undisturbed. This scholar is described as సమధిగత పంచ ఆ 66
SR No.011096
Book TitleStudies in South Indian Jainism
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorM S Ramaswami Ayyangar, B Seshagiri Rao
PublisherM S Ramaswami Ayyangar
Publication Year1922
Total Pages354
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size22 MB
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