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shrines (ibid 143); the Jaina basadi at Angadi (c. 1050 A. D.); the Adinätha-basti at Chikka Hanasoge (c. 1090 A. D.).
P. 1320.
Ereyanga, 1063-1095 A. D. He was a devout Jain, his guru being Gopanandi, to whom he made a grant in 1094 A. D. (E. C. V. Channarayapatha 148).
P. 1321.
Mariyane-dandanayaka (father in law of Ballala I) was a devout Jain. With the merchants of Belegere-pattana, he set up the Jain image in the basti at Hatna in the Tiptur Taluk, the image was consecrated by Subhachandra (M. A. R. 1918, para 93).
P. 1322.
Ballala I, suffered from some terrible disease of which he was cured by the Jain guru Chărukirti pandita (Sr. Bel., New Edn. Nos. 254 of 1398 and 258 of 1432 A. D.); Bhujabali-sataka of Doddaiya (c. 1550 A. D.).
P. 1326.
Bitti Deva, or Vishsuvardhana 1111-1141 A. D. was a Jain ; Rāmānuja converted him to Vaishnavism; he, even after his conversion was a tolerant ruler and a friend as much of Jainism as of Vaishnavism or Saivism. His most able generals were Jains and they are recorded to have restored Jain temples on an unprecedented scale.
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Bitti Deva's generals and ministers : foremost among his generals was Ganga-Rāja, the conqueror of Talkād, he was a great supporter of the Jain religion, perhaps the greatest after Chāmuṇ darāya; he was the disciple of Subhachandra-Siddhānta-Deva; he restored all the Jian temples of Gangavadi; his eulogy; he is said to have converted the Gangavadi 96,000 into K pana, identified with Hiuen Tsiang's Konkanapura and Kopal, a Jain place of pilgrimage in the S.-W. of the Nizam's Dominions He built Jinanāthapura, close to Sravaņa Belgola, Grants conferred on him he made over to his guru for use in connection with Jain temples or for other charitable purposes. Thus was granted by him the villages of Parama, Bindiganavile, Govindavadi, He built the Jain temples : Indira Kulagriha (Śäsana-basti) at Śravaņa-Belgoļa; also the Kattale-basti; his wife built the Eradakatte-basti. His guni Subhachandra died in 1123 A. D. Ganga-Raja's elder brother's wife Jakkanabbe built a tank and a Jain temple; her husband Dandanayaka Echa built Jain
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