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JAINISM IN NORTH INDIA
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His son, the famous Kumbhakarna, was surely a warm admirer of the religion of the Jinas. We have already come across his name in connexion with a Jain inscription of Abu. In V.S. 1491, corresponding to 1434 AD, we have an inscription 101, which records that in that victorious year of king Kumbhakarņa, fourteen tankās were allotted by a devoted Jain, for the worship of Dharmacintāmani. The epigraph was found from Delavāļā in Udaipur district. It begins with a prayer to Lord Pārsva, who is also called Dharmacintāmaņi. Another epigraph 182, from Nagda in Mewar region, dated V.S. 1494, of the reign of Kumbhakarņa, records the installation of an image of Sāntinātha at Devakulapäțaka of Medapāța desa by a rich person called Sāranga. The consecration ceremony was done by Jinasāgara of the Kharatara gaccha. From Chitor also we have an epigraph 108, which refers to the erection of a temple of Säntinātha by the treasury officer, called Velāka of king Kumbhakarņa. Another inscription 184, dated V.S. 1496, found from the well-known Jain temple of Rānakapura, of the 41st year of this great Kumbhakarņa, records the build. ing of a temple, dedicated to the first Tirtharkara, by a prosperous gentleman of Prāgvața vaṁsa. This temple, it is of great interest to note, was named after him. The consecration ceremony was done by Somasundara, of the great Tapā gaccha. This surely proves that this remarkable monarch, who proudly assumed the title of Hindu Suratrāņa, had a soft corner for the religion of the Jinas. His son Råyamalla also apparently encouraged the Jains and an epigraph 185, from Nadlai, dated V.S. 1557, records the installation of an image of Adiśvara (Rshabha) in an old temple of this place, called Sãyaravasati. It also mentions the crown-prince Přthvīrāja, and an ancient monk of the Shaņderaka gaccha, called Yaśobhadrasūri, who flourished in the 10th century A.D.
Mahārāṇā Pratāpa, who flourished in the last quarter of the 16th century, was also an admirer of Jainism and his
