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46/The Raṣṭrakūtas and Jainism
left a permanent effect on the succeeding royal families. The patronage Jainism acquired in the courts of the Santaras of Pomburca, Calukyas of Vemulavāḍa and Vengi, the Raṭṭas of Saundatti, the Callakētanas, the Maṇaleras, the Sēnavaras, the Sendrakas et cetera, is of no smaller measure. The Sēnavāras
3.2. The Sēnavāras of Kacara-vamsa, who ruled between C. E. 690 and 1150, as the feudatories of the Rāṣṭrakūtas, were Jains ab initio. Mārekkeyarasa of the Sēnavāras (sēnāvara/sēņavāra), a Duchy under Dhruva and Kṛṣṇa-I, ruled Banavāsi-mandala between 760 and 782 C. E. Sēnavāras have introduced themselves as 'Padmavaticaraṇa-sarōja-bhranga', 'bee of the lotus feet of Padmavati (Yakṣi of Jina Pārśva)'. They ruled mainly the province around the modern Kaḍur, Cikka-Magalur, and NagaraKhanda. It is of historical significance to note that the system of Gōsāsa, gifting a herd of cows to the priests of Jaina church, started during this period. It was initiated for the Jaina friars by the Sēnavāras. Mārakke, a Jaina and Duchy of BanavasiViṣaya, endowed the cowherd to the Jaina clerics called Devasena Pandita and Adityasēna Pandita in C. E. 760.
3.3. The governors of Cikka-Magadi ruled between C. E. 902 and 1256, as vassals of the Raṣṭrakūtas, the later Calukyas and the Hoysalas. This Jaina family of Anduvamsa, a collateral branch of Sattara (Sāntara), Nagarjunayya, a county sheriff of Nāgarakhaṇḍa and spouse of Jakkiyabbe the Jaina lady who succeeded her husband to rule Nagarakhanda-70, under the orders of Kṛṣṇa-II. She was a devout Jaina lady votary and died in the premises of Jaina temple at Bandalike by the vow of sallekhana in C. E. 918. An epitaph authored by Nagavarma, a gifted bard, has recorded an entrancing vivid picture of Jakkiyabbe's spiritual accomplishment.
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