Jaina Bibliography Part 2

SR No.: 016036
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A N Upadhye
Publisher: Veer Seva Mandir Trust
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 900
Language: English
Classification: Dictionary & Dictionary
File Size: 15 MB

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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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J. Sen.- The Riddle of the Pradyota Dynasty. (I.H.Q. Vol. VI. 1930).
P. 688-90. Jain literature silent about Pradyota and his dynasty. Verses of Merutungas Theravali and Vicāraśreni; the death of Mahāvira is made to synchronise with the death of Candapradyota of Avanti and the accession of Pālaka.
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A. VENKATASUBBIAH.-When was ihe Gommata Image at Sravana Belgola set up? (I.H.Q. Vol. VI, 1930).
Pp. 290-292. Gommata, Bahubali or Bhujabali according to Jain tradition, son of first Tirthankara, Rşabha. Gommata becoming a Kevalin, Emperor Bharata setting up at Paudanapura statue of him measuring 525 bow lengths in height--came to be known as Kukkuteśvara or Kukkuta-jineśvara owing to the fact that the region around it became infested with Kukkutasarpas or cockatrices.
Jain image-(1) at Kärkala S, Kanara dist., Madras presidency set up by Virapāndya in 1432 A.D.-41 ft. high; (2) at Yenur set up by Timmaräja of Cāmunda family in 1604 A.D.-35 ft. high,
Gommata image at Sravaņa belgola 57 ft. high with undated inscription relating to the date of its construction. Munivamśābhyudaya of Cidānanda (c 1680 A.D.) and Rajāvali-kathe of Devacandra (Kannada work written in A.D. 1838) mention Gommata image to have been brought from Lanka by Rāma and Sitā. According to Bhujabali carita (a Kannda poem of Pancabana in c 1614 A.D) the God Gommata, beging pleased with the devotion of Cāmundarāya, minifested himself in the form of the stone image on the stone image on the larger hill at Śravaņa Belgo!a. Sthala purāņa of Sravana Be!go!a and the Bhujabalisataka of Doddayya (Sans. poem 1550 A.D.) say nothing about Rāma and Sitā's bringing the image but mention that Gommata image was standing at Sravaņa-Belgola and Cāmundaräya got it touched up by sculptors and consecrated it in Ky 600 Vibhava Caitra-su 5, Sunday.
Pp. 292-309. Controversial dates regarding the construction of the Gommata image--critically discussed. Image concluded to have been constructed in 380 A.D.