Jain Journal 1997 01

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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JAIN JOURNAL: Vol-XXXI, No. 3 January 1997 disturbed condition, Nanna had offered him food and other objects. The poet had wished the long life of the above person.14
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Gunasena was the pupil of Jinasena. It is due to the death of Jinasena, Gunasena had compiled the remaining 5 parts of Adipurāṇa and a full work of Uttara-Puranas. It was completed in Śaka-Era 820 at Bankāpur under the patronage of Lohaditya, a fuedatory of Akālavarṣa (Kṛṣṇarāja II). These works were composed in good Sanskrit. 15
Pamp had composed Adipurāṇa-campū and Vikramārjuna-vijaya. He has mentioned the details of Calukya Arikeśari in the later historical work. It also mentions that during the reign of Govindaraja III, his feudatories had revolted. He had successfully repulsed their attacks.
The Yasastilaka-campū and Nitiväkyāmṛta were two important Jain works composed by Somdeva Sūri. The Yasastilaka-campū was composed in Śaka-Era 881 Caitra Šukla 13 at Gangadhārā, in the Capital of Gangā ruler Boddig, the son of Calukya Arikesari. It is also mentioned that the forces of Rāṣṭrakūṭas were collected outside the city Manyakheța for going on expeditions against the ruler of Pandya, Sinhal, Chola, Cheri and others. This information is very interesting. 16 Somdeva was the Acarya of Devasangha of Digambara Jains. His teacher Nemideva was the pupil of Yaśodeva. The latter was the brother of Mahendradeva. Somadeva remained a much famous writer. The text of Yasastilaka-campū is of high standard and can be compared with the Kadambari and Tilak-Manjari. His other work Niti-vākyāmṛta was composed after the Yasastilaka-campū.
The Paramārs of Malawā had invaded Manyakheța and badly plundered the town. It is referred to Dhanapala's Paiya-lacchi-nāmamālā that in VE 1029 (972 AD) the Malawã any successfully carried depredations and badly defeated the Raṣṭrakūtas." Its deplorable conditions are mentioned by Puspadanta in his Yasodhara-carita.
The Jain literary sources are very rich in furnishing the details of administrative set-up. The Adipuranṇa, Uttarpurāṇaand Nitivākyāmṛta have got ample details. The Nitivākyāmṛtais a good treatise having the details of administrative and cultural affairs. The state was having several ministers. The Talarakṣaand Aṣṭādasa-Pradhana were also appointed. The Mandapikās were existing for collecting the taxes. The PattaBandhan was done at the time of coronation of the ruler and Yuvaraja.
14. Jasahara-cariu 4/21.
15. The colophon of Uttara-Purana verse 15. 16. Sundarlal Shastri - Yasastilaka-campū p. 481. 17. Dhanapala- Paiya-lacchi-nama-mālā verse 198.