Book Title: Jain Bibliography
Author(s): Chhotelal Jain
Publisher: Bharti Jain Parisad

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________________ 5 ARCH., ARTS, & MUSEUM REPORTS 143 P. 11. Daulatabad: Some Jain and Hindu images built into the walls of the Daulatabad fort; these belonged to temples no longer in existence. P. 13. Ellora Of the 34 caves nos. 30-34 are Jain caves; principal Jina figures in these caves represent Neminatha. To the left of No. 34 is another Jain cave bearing no number. Pp. 13-14. Badami: Caves, 4 in number, known as Mena-basti. Cave 4 is Jain with Jina figures in the shrine and on the walls and pillars. The left wall contains an epitaph of Jakkavve, wife of Jinavarma. who died by the rite of sallekhana or starvation. P. 14. Hampe: On Hemakuta there are two or three small but neat temples in the Hoysala style, said to be Jain, though without any such indication. Near the Achyutaraya temple is a Visņu shrine, erroneously called a Jain temple. P. 17. Basti-Haskote: A lofty Jina figure at Basti, now enshrined in a modern building-Two seated Jina figures to the north of the huge image. Pp. 18-19. Reference to two sets of copper plates, one recording grants to a Jain basti during the reigns of the Ganga kings Sripuruşa and his son Saigotta Sivamara; the other registering a grant to a Jain basti at Talkad in 807 by the Rāṣṭrakūta prince Kamba-Deva. DRAWINGS: No. 4. Ceiling of Parśvanatha-basti, Bastihalli, Hassan distEPIGRAPHY: Pp. 27-32, 42. A set of copper-plates, relating to the Gangas, received from Narasimharajapura, recording grants to a Jain temple during the reigns of Sripurușa and his son Saigotta Sivamara-A Jain epigraph assignable to the Ganga period at Hullegala-A record, relating to the Răstrakūtas, received from Chamarajanagara, registering a grant in 807 A.D. to a Jain guru named Vardhamana by prince KambaDeva-Two epigraphs at Basti-Haskote, Kriṣṇarājapete tāluq, stating that the two ruined Jain temples there were built in about 1117 by

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