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had Biruda of 'Pranacarya-naravidyaratnakara'. He is specially praised as a specialist having power to cure the most incurable diseases pronounced as such, by other physicians. Amazed by the expertise of Aggalayya in the field of medicine, Jayasimha II conferred on him the Prathipatti of Mahasamantha and made him the Gavunda of the village, Mucchanapalli. Besides, People are said to have contructed a Jinalaya at Ikkurki and named its as Vaidyaratnakara to express their gratitude to Aggalayya. Thus, he gained royal support as well as public sympathy. He, thus contributed to social life of the Andhras by his service to the public.
Above analysis reveals that the Jaina experts in different fields contributed much towards the social life of the people by writing a number of works delivering religious discourses and doing service in medicine.
JAINAS CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIAL HISTORY OF ANDHRA PRADESH
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