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bad once a great Jain temple-complex, dedicated to Pārsvarātha (sec J.S.L.S, III, No. 339). And for further details, see supra, p. 125.
94. Hire-Abli :--This place in Shimoga district of Karpāțaka has yielded a very large number of epigraphs, There was a famous temple of Pārsvanātha in this place ; see for further details, supra, pp. 115, 187.
95. Hogekeri :-It is in Shimoga district of Karnāțaka and its former name was Vogeyakera. It had a well-known Pārśva temple, from which a few epigraphs of the 15th century, have been discovered ; see J S.L.S., III, Nos. 65455, 658.
96. Honwad :--This place in Bijapur district of Karņā. taka, was formerly known as Ponnaväda. A great temple of śāntinātha, called Tribhuvanatilaka, existed in this place, as early as the 11th century. There were two other shrines, dedicated to Pārśva and Supārśva respectively at this place; for further details sce Desai, op.cit., p. 106; and J.S.L.S, II, No. 183.
97. Hosahollu :-—It is in Mandya district of Karnāțaka and it had once a very large Jain temple-complex called Trikūța Jinālaya, in the early 12th century ; see J.S.LS, II, No. 284,
98. Humcha:- This greet Jain centre of Shimoga district of Kargāțaka, has yielded a very large number of important Jain epigraphs (see above pp. 110 ff.). The earliest Jain temple of this place was built in the 9th century; the ancient name of Humcha was Pomburca. Epigraphs of this place, mention Paliyakka temple, Pattana-svāmi temple, Nokkiyabbe temple, Urvītilaka temple and some other temples, As late as the 17th century, it was considered a tirtha, as we have its name in the list of Jain tirthas of South India, given by the Svetāmbara Šilavijaya of the Tajā gaccha (see Premi, op cit, p. 463); for a modern account of the ancient Pārsva and Padmāvati temples of this place ; see Tirtha Darsan, II, pp. 566 f. ; see also Tirthavandanasangraha, p. 159 ;
