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Sovisetti, who belonged to a family of dedicated Jains, and who, according to the present epigraph, built a temple of Pārsvanātha and made some gift, which was given to Bālacandradeva, who belonged to Pustaka gaccha. The long and interesting epigraph820, from Aļesandra in Nagamangala taluk, dated Śaka 1105, corresponding to 1183 A.D, of the reign of Ballāla II, records the erection of a Pārsva temple at Sindagbațța by śāntaladev1, the daughter of the famous general Bharata. It also records some grant, for two other Jina tem ples, situated respectively at Aņuvasamudra (modern Alesandra) and Cākeyanahalli, which was given to Devacandra Pandita, the disciple of Gandavimukta Siddhäntadeva, who in his turn, was the disciple of Māghanandi Siddhāntadeva, belonging to Kollapura. He was of Pustaka gaccha and Ingaleśvara baļi. We have already come across this great Māghanandi of Kollapura, in connexion with the Jain epigraphs of the Silābāras of Kolhapur, in the first chapter of the present work. 591
From Dadaga in the same district, there is an undated epigraph 323, which refers to five Jina temples of Daời. ganakere (the ancient name of Dadaga). A temple, dedicated Bāhubali, at that place, received some gift from two generals of Vishnuvardhana viz. Bharata and Mariyane The recipient was Meghacandra, the disciple of Munibhadra, who belonged to Kāņura gana and Tintrinika gaccha. An epigraph 328, from Kalegere, of the time of Narasimha III, refers to Šāntirātha temple of Dorasamudra, which has already been noticed. This temple received some gift from the king himself, and it was entrusted to Māghanandi, the disciple of Kumudacandra, who belonged to Balātkāra gana and Mülasangba. There is also a very useful list, in this epigraph, of the several spiritual predecessors of these monks,
Jain Epigraphs from Mysore district : Quite a few important Jain epigraphs from Mysore district are known, A place called, Cikka Hanasoge, in this district, was a
