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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY P. 960 In 1008 A. D. Rājarāja confiscated to the villages concerned the
lands of those who did not pay the taxes due along with their breturen; this order was made applicable only to "villages of Brahmanas", villages of Vaikhansas (Śrīvaishnavas of pre-Ramänuja time) and "villages of Sramanas”, i. e., Jains.
P. 982.
This shows that the Jains enjoyed equal privileges with others. Private gifts to Jains were still common and Jainism flourished side by side with the other two religions. In the seventh year of Rajaraja's reign one Virasolan, a subordinate of his, made a gift not only to Brahmanas but also to a Jain temple (M. E. R. 1915, App. B, 116; E. I. iv 136).
P. 1058.
Rājendra Chola I was succeeded by his son Rājādbirāja I (10181055); a wicked Chola, he penetrated into the Belvola country and burned the Jain temples which Ganga-Permadi, the lord of the Gangamandala, had built in the Annigeri-nādu (FLEET, Kanarese Dynasties, 441).
P. 1274.
Cholas of Nidugal : Irungola II; in an inscription dated in a. D. 1232, he made a grant for a Jain Basadi on the Nidugal hill, otherwise called Kalanjana (E. C. XII, Pavagada 52),
P. 1297.
Chola period : Both Buddhism and Jainism inculcated the worship of the "teacher" (or gieru). With the gradual subsidence of these faiths and the rise of the cults of Siva and Vishnu, the worship of the "guru" was taken by these faiths.
P. 1310.
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Hoysalas : story of their origin; they claim to be Yadavas and of the Lunar race; the first few kings of the family were Jains, and the progenitor of the family was Sala; the rati connected with the story was Sudatta (E. C. II, Sravana Belgoļa 28) and according to another, he was named Vardhamāna Munindra (E. C. VIII, Nagar 46).
P. 1318.
Vinayäditya II, 1047-1100 A. D.; he was a devout Jain; he built a basti at Mattavara (A. D. 1077). A Śravaņa Belgola record dated in 1129 A. D. states that he became a great king by the favour of the Jaina teacher śāntideva (Sr. Bel. 67-54-Old. Edn.). Another states that he built many tanks; temples and Jaina
..Another states that
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