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of the time of the Vijayanagara emperor Devarāya II (which incidentally is his first regnal year). We are told that the son of this emperor, prince Harihara, granted the entire land of the village of Māleyūru (Maleyūr) for the temple of Vijayadeva. Some other epigraphso7, from this templecomplex, are also known.
From Echiganahalli, of the same district, we have a Jain epigraph88, of Śaka 1292, corresponding to 1370 A.D. It praises the two Jain monks, Bāhubali and Pārsvadeva, and also records the death of Meghacandra. The inscription was found in the Neminātha temple-complex of that place, A more important epigraph, dated 1372 A.D., was found from Huluhallis, in the same Mysore district. It mentions a number of monks of the Pustaka gaccha and Deśliya gana, the earliest of whom was Abhayendu. It also records that in the Saka year 1294, corresponding to 1372 A.D., the monk Śrutamuni, of this line, expired at Trinyapura (modern Huluhalli). This place had two Jina temples. The earlier one was known as Parameśvara Jinālaya and the newly-constructed one was called Trijajammangala, dedicated to Māşkiyadeva or Pārsvanātha. The reigning king, at that time, was Perumāladeva, apparently a local chief. He made arrangements, according to this epigraph, for the maintenance of both these temples, Next, we have an epigraph"o, from a place, called Rāvandur of this district, dated 1384 A.D., which mentions a temple, dedicated to Sumatinātha. It also mentions a few monks of the Deśiya gana and the lnguleśvara bali. From Saraguru of Mysore district, we have an epigraph71, dated Śaka 1346, corresponding to 1424 A.D., of the time of the Vijayanagara emperor Vijaya Bukka also called Vijaya I (1422-1430)??, who has been described in this epigraph, as bhagavat-arhatparamešvara, which shows that he was a dedicated Jain. We are told that the king granted the village of Toțahalli for the worship of Gommateśvara of Belgola, and this village was renamed Gummațapura, in honour of the presiding
