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was by the minister of Akālavarsha (a Räshtrakūta king). The Punnad Ten Thousand formed the southern portion of Mysore, and seems to correspond with the Padi-nād or Ten-nād country of later inscriptions.
P. 623.
Avinita, according to Malur 72, was brought up as a Jain, the learned Vijayakirti being his preceptor.
P. 627.
Durvinita (550--600 A.D. or 605-650 A.D.): the author of a Sabdavalāra the name of a nyāsa on Pāṇini always attributed to the Jain grammarian Pujyapäda. Possibly Pujyapäda was his preceptor, as the latter's Jainendra belongs to the latter part of the 5th century A.D. (I. A. XLIII, 211) and he was probably a contemporary.
P. 629.
Mushakara or Mokkara (? 550 A. D.) son of Durvinita; A Jaina (Ganga) temple (called Mokkara-vasti was erected in his name at Lakshmeśvara in the Miraj State in the Dharwar District. The erection of this temple points to an extension of the Ganga kingdom in that direction. From this time the Gangas seem to have adhered more steadily to the Jain religion.
P. 635.
Śripurusha, Muttarasa (726-776) : his Devarhalli grant to a Jain temple (E. C. IV, Nagamangala 85 and I. A. 11, 155, 370) dated in the 50th year in Saka 698 or 776 A.D.; and Narasimharajapura grant to a Jain Chaityālaya (M. A. R., 1919-1920), about 780 A. D.
P. 642.
Sivamara II, Saigotta (788–812 A.D.). He erected and endowed a Jain temple at Kummadavada (now Kalbhāvi in the Belgaum District). He also built a basadi on the smaller hill at Savana Be!go!a) --Chandranāthasvämi temple.
P. 650.
Dindiga or Prithivipati I (2 850 A. D): He with his queen Kampita witnessed the nirvāņa of the Jain achärya Aristanemi on the Katvapra hill at Śravana Belgoļa (M. A. R. 1908-1909, para 45).
P. 655.
Rājamalla, Satyavākya I (about 817 A. D.) :- He was the founder of the Jain cave at Vallimalai in the North Arcot District, (E. I. IV, 140).
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