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Jaina Sangha / 201
Amõghavarşa-I had the name of Lõketinimmadi (who was the third consort, Asagavve and Sankhā being the other two). Śrīpuruşa, the Ganga king, had a wife whose name was Vinettinimmadi.
7.5.2.1. Rēvakanimmadi, queen consort of Būtuga-II, was in charge of Kuņingal sub-division. She died at Koppaļa, accepting the vow of sallēkhanā. She had patromised and popularised Jainism on such a large scale that she has been compared with Būtuga, Sankaraganda, Mārasimhadēva, Maruladēva Cāmundarāya, Rājamalla and Attimabbe.
7.5.2.2. Kañcibbe, spouse of Duggamāra, son of Sripuruṣa, was administering the region of Agali.
7.5.2.3. Ankabbarasi, wife of Mārasimha-II, was governing Pullungūr (Hulugūr) territory in C. E. 972, in the reign of Khoţtiga. She had Gangamahādēvi as her second name.
7.5.2.4. Jakkiyabbe, consort of Nāgārjunayya, county sheriff, had efficiently adminsitered Nāgarakhanda-70. She in turn, entrusted the administration work to her daughter. This proves that women succeeded to rule and enjoy equal status on part with men in Jaina community.
7.4.2.5. Kundaņasāmidēvi, crown-jewel and eldest daughter of Būtuga-II was the earliest poetess known in Kannada literature. She had the other two aliases of Kundaņasāmi and Kundanarasi. Kundanarasi, charming lady of beauty and benevolence, daughter of Būtuga, younger sister of Maruladeva, elder sister of Mārasimhadeva-II was crown queen of Rājāditya alias Rāya, a Cāļukya scion. Kukknūr copper plates of C. E. 968-69, has five verses and a long prose passage devoted to her eulogy. Her accomphishements were many. She had mastered fine-arts, patronised the erudite and deserving. She had profound scholarship in Jaina philosophy, she was the moon in the ocean of the Ganga family.
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