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JAINISM IN SOUTH INDIA
111 temple, after his name, called Pațțana-svåmijinālaja in Saka 984 at Pombarchapura. (Humcha). The epigraph also discloses the name of this merchant's guru called Divākaranandi. The gist was entrusted to Sakalacandra Pandita, who too, probably was a disciple of Diväkaranandi. Some other pious works of Nokkaya Sețți have also been recorded in this epigraph.
Another epigraph 182, from Humcha, of the same date, (1062 A.D.), discloses the fact that Nokkiyabbe Jina temple was oiginally built by Jinadatta, who as we have already noted, was the founder of this dynasty. The epigraph shows that during Vira śāntara's rule, his wife Cāgaladevi, who was a great Jain devotee, built a torana for the Nokiyabbe Jina temple, wbich was evidently the earliest shrine of this place. The epigraph also mentions a Jain guru, called Mādhavasena. That Vira śāntara was a devout Jain, is clearly proved by his popular epithet jina-pădaradhakam, found in most of his epigraphs.
For the next śāntara ruler viz. Bhujabala śāntara, we have several Jain epigraph from Humcha. The first inscription 188, is dated in the Saka year 987, corresponding to 1065 A.D, The epithets of this king show that he too, like his predecessor was a Jain by faith. It also discloses the name of a new Jain temple called Bhujabala śāntara jina'aya, which was apparently built by this king, and was also named after him. His guru was Kanakapandideva, who was the recipient of the usual gifts, given for this temple.
The next epigraph 18, from this place, is undated, but is assigned to 1077 A.D., and it also mentions Bhujabala śāntara as the reigning king. The epigraph records some grant for the Tirthada basadi, built by Pațšanasvāmi. This particular temple has already been noticed in connexion with an epigraph of the time of Vira Šāntara.
A very important epigraph288, from Humcha, is dated in the Śaka year 999, corresponding to 1077 A.D. It
