Gommateshvara Commemoration Volume

SR No.: 012066
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T G Kalghatgi
Publisher: Parshwanath Shodhpith Varanasi
Publication Year: 1981
Total Pages: 198
Language: English, Hindi
Classification: Smruti_Granth & Articles
File Size: 8 MB

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Sr.
2
No.
Region
Rajasthan Maharashtra
1
2
3
4
5 Karnataka
6
7
8
9
10
11
39
37
33
27
39
Tamil Nadu
Traditional Name
Yashakirti
Vishalakirti
Laxmisena
Jinasena
Charukirti
Charukirti
Lalitakirti
Devendrakirti
Bhattakalanka
Laxmisena
(Pinagondi) Laxmisena (Jinakanchi)
Gommates vara Commemoration Volume
Capital place of residence
Pratapagarh (Dist. Chitaurgarh) Latur (Dist. Osmanabad)
Kolhapur (Dist. Kolhapur) Nandani (Dist. Kolhapur) Shravanabelagola (Dist. Hassan) Mudabidri (Dist. South Kanara) Karkal (Dist. South Kanara) Humcha (Dist. Shimoga) Swadi (Dist. North Kanara) Narasimharajapur (Dist. Chikmaglur)
Melasittamur (Dist. South Arcot)
From the above list it is evident that out of 11 existing seats of Bhattarakas, as many as 6 are in Karnatak, 3 in Maharashtra and 1 each in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. Further, it also reveals that not even a single seat of Bhaṭṭāraka from the regions of North India, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat could survive to the present day and that only one seat out of 9 seats from Rajasthan could maintain its continuity to this day. In this connection it may be noted that the flourishing seats of Bhattarakas at
i) Nagaura (Dist. Nagaura, Rajasthan) (Name: Devendrakirti),
ii) Mahaviraji (Dist. Jaipur, Rajasthan) (Name: Chandrasagar),
iii) Sonagiri (Dist. Datiya, Madhya Pradesh) (Name: Chandrabhushan),
iv) Karanja (Dist. Akola, Maharashtra)
(Names: Virasena of Sena Gana, and Devendra Kirti of Balātkāra Gaņa) and
v) Malakhed (Dist. Gulbarga, Karnataka)
(Name: Devendrakirti)
were active upto the early decades of the twentieth century. It is thus clear that the regions of Karnataka and Maharashtra have been most successful in maintaining the Bhattaraka tradition through more than ten centuries.