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252 / The Rāstrakūtas and Jainism
8.8.5. Ponnugunda/Hungund (Bijapur Dt) flowered as a famed Jaina settlement during the days of Rāstrakūta monarchy. A good number of Jinālayas flourished at this well-known center from the days of the early Cālukyas. Noted shrine among them, Mahāśrimanta basadi thrived in the reign of Krşņa-II. His subordinate chief Mahāśrīmanta/ Mahāsirivanta, Duchy of Beļvola-300 administrative division, constructed a basadi, in circa C. E. 900, named after him (or built for his merit?) as Mahāśrīmanta basadi. It was freshened and restored in C. E. 1060, by prince Bhuvanaikamalla Somēśvara-II (1068-76), before he succeeded his father Trailõkyamalla Ahavamalla Sõmēśvara-I (1042-68), when he was governing as a mahāmaņdalēśvara.
8.8.6. Pasundi/Asuņdi (Gadag Dt), was another nerve seat of Jaina church from the beginning of Cālukyas of Bādāmi rule. During the reign of Govinda-III, Nāgapuli gāvunda, a country sheriff was the chief of Pasundi. In C. E. 925, Nāgayya, a Jaina lay follower, caused to be made a Jinālaya attached to the Dhöra Jinālaya at Bankāpura. Candraprabha Bhațāra, chief of the Bankāpura Jaina diocese, was administering pasuņời basadi at that time.
8.8.7. Candiyabbe commissioned a basadi in C. E. 932 at nandavara in Sindavāļi - 1000 division, and donated land and gadyāṇas.
8.8.8. At Maravo!al Marõ! (Bijapur Dt, Hungund Tk) subsisted a basadi in this period. It went on prospering when Mahādēvi, daughter of Irivabedanga Satyāśraya (998-1008), son of Tailapa-II (973-98), and queen consort of Ițiva Noļambādhirāja Ghateyankakāra, grandee of Nolambavāļi and karividi - 30, was governing.
8.9. At Bellür (Mandya Dt) is a lovely sculpture in the round of Pārsva sitting in ardhapadmāsana with five snakehoods of Dharaṇa overhead and coils of the snake at his back.
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