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(1). Do, on the pedestal of a Jain image kept in the tāluq office at Rayadrug (Bellary district) of the Vijaynagar king Harihara (I), dated in [Saka] 1277, Manmatha, Margasira ; records that a Jain merchant named Bhogaraja consecrated the image of SantänāthaJineśvara. This merchant is stated to have been a pupil of Maghanandivratin, the disciple of Amarakirti-Acharyya of Kundakundanvaya, sārasvata-gachchha, Balatkara-gana and Müla sangha.
P. 56. (525). Do, on the base of a Jain image in the Archæologi. cal show room of the Madras Museum. This is the image of Santināthadeva of the temple of Yeraga Jinālaya founded by the Mahapradhana (Bra]hadevana.
(536). Do, on the base of another Jain image in the same place ; records that king Salvadeva, a great lover of sähitya, got an image of śānti Jina made according to rule and set it up.
P. 96. The earliest of the Vijaynagara stone records dated in Śaka 1277 (1355-56 A.D.), is engraved on the pedestal of a Jain image kept in the tāluq office at Rayadurg. Records the name of the Jain merchant Bhogaraja (see P. 12, Stone inscription No. 111).
A reference to a nisīdhi-stone from Rayadrug bearing on it images of eight Jain teachers and lay disciples. (See P. 12, Stone inscription No. 109).
195 (X) Report, do, 1914-15. P. 46. STONE INSCRIPTIONS COPIED IN 1914 :
(453). Inscription in Kanarese on a fragment lying before Vīrappa's house at Sogi (Hadagalli tāluq, Bellary dist) of the [Hoysala] king (Vi]şņuvardhana-Vira-Ballāsla. dated in Karttika, ba. di. 5, Thursday; seems to register a gift of land to a Jain institution.
P. 49: (491). Do, on the base of the column left of entrance into the Añjaneya temple at Kattebennur (Hadagalli tāluq, Bellary dist.) dated, Nandana, Phalguna, su. di, 5. Monday, records that a certair mason named Aloja brought materials (3) from the ruined temple of Bhogeśvara at Kondadakatti which belonged (?) to a Jain basti and built this temple for Hanumappa.
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