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inside 'Biligul' and twenty-three other temples on the hills. He likewise alludes to the temple of Candragupta and the legend of the ritually fasting-unto-death by Bhadrabāhu. He also refers to the Cărukirtti (friar in charge of the tirtha) and the seven villages attached to, as well as the annual) income of the tirtha's
The next (and the last) reference is by Saubhāgyavijaya of Tapagaccha in his Tirthamäla he completed in V. S. 1750/A. D. 1695." He mentions that near Bilagula is the Gomaţadeva : ( Bilagula păseñ Gomajadeva......)
These medieval and late medieval references are sufficiently indicative of the esteem in which the Jainas of both the sects held the colossal contemplative image of Gomațasvami of Bilagula.
NOTES AND REFERENCES
The Jambudvi paprajnpti (c. 303-313 A.D., Mathurā recension) : the Paumacariya of Vimala Sūri of Nāgendra Kula (479 A. D.); the A vašyaka-niryukti of Bhadrabahu II (c. Sth-6th cent. A.D.); the Vasudeva-hindi (Book I) of Vācaka Saighadāsa gani (c. early 6th cent. A.D.), and the Višeşā vasyakabhā sya of Jinabhadra gani kşamā śramana (c. 590 A.D.) are the earliest Svetā - mbara works referring to Bahubali story. While the Padmacaritra of Ravişeņa (677 A.D.), the Harivams a-purana of Jinasena of the Punnā ta-gana (784 A.D.), and the A dipurana (Mahapurāņa Book T) of Jainsena of the Pancastūpānvaya-gana (c. mid 9th cent. A. D.), are the earliest known Digambara sources for this subject. (Details, vide Dalsukhbhai D. Malvania, " The story of Bharata and Bahubali", Sambodhi, vol. 6, Nos. 3-4, Ahmedabad Oct. 1977,
Jan. 1978, pp. 1-11). 2 The vishika or patļašala (Front corridor) of the Jaina Cave at Aryapura (mod. Aihole) and
Cave IV, which is a Jaina cave at Vätāpi (mod. Bâdâmi) enshrine the earliest (and of course rock-cut) images of Bahubali. Both the caves are datable to c. late sixth century A.D. and
stylistically are ascribable to Câlukya Maigaleśa's time. 3 The only Svet âmbara image of Bahubali I know of is the one in marble in the great Adinatha
temple complex of Satrunjaya. But it is, as per its inscription, dated as late as 1335 A.D. 4 I shall not go into details concerning references; for the point indeed is not a major issue. 5 Annual Report of the Archaeological Department, Mysore, 1974, p. 38. The inscription dates
from the time of Ganga Ereya and hence early tenth century. 6 Cf. Vidyadhar Joharapurkar, Tirthavandanasangraha, Jivarâja Jaina Granthamâlâ No. 17,
Sholapur, 1965, p. 31 7 Cf (ed.) Jina Vijaya, Vividhatirthakalpa, Pt. 1, Singhi Jaina Series No. 10, Santiniketan 1934,
p. 85. 8 My paper on this subject, entitled 'The Western Indian Pilgrim Notices of the Jaina Sacred Places
of South India", is shortly appearing in the commemoration volume for N. Venkataramaniah. 9 Cf. Joharaparkar, p. 53, 10 Ibid., p. 70, vss. 39-40. 11 Ibid., p. 85, vs. 21. 12 Ibid., p. 93. 13 Cf. Vijayadharmasüri, Präcina-tirthamala-sangraha, pt. 1, Sri Yašovijayaji Jaina Granthamālā,
Bhavnagar 1934, p. 118, vs. 67-74. 14 Ibid., p. 99. vss. 9-10.
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