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ttige basadi at Niųugalla, by a chief called Gangena Māreya. We further learn from this epigraph that this temple was dedicated to Lord Pārsvanatha. The epigraph also discloses the names of the monks Padmaprabha Maladbārie deva and his guru Viranandi, belonging to Mülasangha, Deśiya gana. Kondakunda anvaya and Pustaka gaccha. Another epigraph 11 from Amarāpura in Sira taluk, dated Saka 1200, corresponding to 1278 A.D., mentions a Jina temple called Brahma-Jinālaya and two monks of Pustaka gaccha and Ingaleśvara bali.
Jain Epigraphs from Hassan district : Thi; district of Karnatak, bas yielded quite a large number of epigraphs, apart from Śravana Belgola. Before we discuss the epigraphs of that famous place, of our period, we have to take note of the Jain epigraphs, from other places of this district, The earliest epigraph, which has been assigned to .060 A.D., comes from Somavāra of Arkalgud taluk, and it gives the name of Guņascna Pandita, belonging to Dravida gana, Nandi Sangha and Arungala anvaya. He is further described as the guru of the queen Ecaladeyi 218 A few other short epigraphs2+8, of this place, yield the names of a number of Jain monks and an unnamed Jain temple (Jainageha). From Madaläpura in the same taluk, has been discovered an epigraph 244, which has been assigned to 1080 A.D., and which also yields the name of a temple, called Arakere basadi and associates Amalacandra Bhajjāraka and his guru Kalácandra Siddhantadeva with this basadi.
The well-known Belur, in this district, bas yielded a few epigraphs, which prove that this place was once associated with Jainism. However, among the epigraphs, discovered from this place, only one, deserves notice. A long epi. graph a45 (The first part of which is missing), from this place dated Śaka 1054, corresponding to 1137 A.D., culogises the achisvements of Vishnu dandadhipa, who was a general of Hoysala Vishnuvarvardhana. This general was a great Jain and built, according to this epigraph, a magnificent
