History of Early Ganga Monarchy and Jainism

Author(s): Nagarajaiah Hampa
Publisher: Ankita Pustak

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Mokkara And Śivamāra-1/21
38. pp. 101-17]. He also bore the name Avinita after his grandfather [1WG : No. 71-8c:p. 255. f.n. 5). Because Mokkara was an ardent devotee of Puligere-tirtha, a basadi in his name was built at Puligere also. [Mokkara is a desi word and Muskara is a Sanskritized form;
Mukkara is another variant form of Mokkara). 4.5.4 Sivamāra-1 (679-725), grandson of Mokkara, was ruling
over a larger area of Gangavādi including Panata and Punnāța. During his reign, Candrasena was the preceptor of Kellipusúr Cedia (Caitya) in Kodugūrnāļu. Prince Ela-varasa Pallava, with the consent of Sivamāra-1 Muttarasa (Vrddha-rāja; 679-725), donated two paddy fields, a garden, a house and a site along with a village Vasadigālu (MAR 1925. pp. 90-92. 7th-8th cent. Kulāgaņa (ch. dt/)]. Kellipusūr is the modern Kelsūr village in Gundlupete tk (Ch. dt). Kannamman of Ganjenādu also granted three villagesMelapāļu, Jādigālu and Kuligamakerekkālu, land and a cultivated estate to this cedia (EC. IV (R) Ch. 347. 7th - 8th cent. pp. 347-77). The abbots of the cedia, by selling the cattle of the temple, also purchased one more garden for the Jinālaya [1WG:No. 35: pp. 135-39]. This transaction of barter exchange throws light on the functioning of the temple administration. It is also interesting to note that the Prakrit form cedia is preferred to the Sanskrit caitya; Prakrit was the language of Jaina primordial ca
nonical texts. 4.5.5 The Jinālaya of Kellipusūr continued to receive more and
more aids. Prominent among such pouring of gifts was the grant of Vasadikālu (a village of Jaina temples), Jātikālu, Meļpāļu and Koligamkerikkāl along with its wet-land, garden, a house and a site. This was just a renewal of the old gift (IWG: No. 36; pp. 140-41: 7th-8th century C.E]. These gifts, free of all imposts, were en