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sets of 24 images of the Jinas. When the basadi fell into disuse, it was converted into two shrines under the names of Somesvara which includes the main garbhagriha, ardhamantapa and the navaranga, and Narayanadeva which includes the two rectangular garbhagrihas and the large mukhamantapa" [ibid: 27-28]. Tutelary Jina image has been recently covered with cement. Opposite to the 18 feet long pedestal, in the south corner is a cave of 6'x6' dimension, four feet deep below the ground level, devised for the meditation of Jaina monachs. A similar cave also exists in the other sanctum, exactly in the south corner. Both the caves consist of jāla-vātāyanas, grill-windows, to facilitate fresh air and light. Such a cave is also found inside the Jaina tripel-shrine at Mulgunda, dated C. E. 902 of the period of Kṛṣṇa-II.
8.3.3. Long streteched 18 feet pedestal with 24 sockets, 12" diameter each, and 31/2 feet in height is vacant. Unfortunately the 24 images of 24 Jinas, in dissmissing the body posture, of this basadi are missing. Narēgal Jinālaya inspired Hullaraja (C. E. 1159) and Haḍuvalli (Sk. Sangitapura) chiefs (post-medieval period) to consecrate 24 seperate slabs of 24 Jinas. Consecrating single slabs containing sculptures of 24 figures of Jinas in rows, was not uncommon. In Karṇāṭaka such slabs of Caturvimśati Tirthankara sculpture are found commencing from Aihole (c. C.E. 7th cent.). Such a slab of Rāṣṭrakūṭa times in the Savadatti Jaina temple has been shifted to Kannada Research Institute of Karnatak university, Dharwar.
8.9.4. This Padmabbarasi Jinālaya was commissioned by Padmabbarasi (Padmabbe/Padmavati), queen consort of Ganga Gangēya Būtuga, Duke of Gangavaḍi and other divisions. Dānasāle, charity house, attached to the basadi, was endowed with a tank and other tax free gifts of income by Marasingayya alias Mārasimha, second son of Būtuga.
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