Jain Journal 1999 07

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

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JAIN JOURNAL : Vol-XXXIV, No. 1 July 1999
for the imperial titles applied to the prince Vikramāditya who was at that period of 1044-45, neither an heir apparent (yuvarāja) nor a mahāmandalesvara. Besides, the contents of the epigraph are also of a later period of about C.E. 1090.
4.4 Albeit, keeping in view that the date of this lithic record is debatable, the contents of it may be noted. The record contains some praise worthy virtues and achievements of an illustrious Jaina family. It mentions in particular Cāmunda-gāvunda, Joma-gāvunda and Jakkeyabbe, the worshippers of the holy feet of Arhat, protectors of Jina dharma, reciters of the greater philosophical hymn, who would take delight in the head-anointment ceremony of the Jina, who spread the glory of the teachings of Jina. Joga-gāvunda happily caused a we in the premises of the temple. Though a Jaina by faith, he also gave a gift to the God of Belera Jogeśvara-Mülasthāna and Boleśvara, attached to the Matha of Pattakere, free of all imposts, This is an ideal example of the religious harmony and catholicity that prevailed in the kingdom.
5.1 One of the momentous charters of the period of Cālukyas also comes from the same area that is referred in the previous para. 16 It is a pakka Jaina inscription composed by poet Sāntinātha, a Jaina author and officer. C.E. 1068 was a transitory period in the history of Cālukya dynasty, when Somesvara-II, who had the cognomen of Bhuvanaikamalladeva (1068-76), ascended the throne. The present lithic record was composed on the auspicious occasion of the coronation of Someśvara-II, the eldest son of Trailokyamalladeva and elder brother of Vikramāditya-VI. It records, that all the brothers were present and all of them made over certain gifts (specified) to the Jain temples at Balligāve, which were constructed earlier by their elders; all the brothers giving endowments only to the Jaina temples is also significant.
5.2 Bhuvanikamalladeva Someśvara-II, on the day of his coronation itself, as a political move, made Lakşmangpa alias Lakşmarasa a loyal lieutenant of Trailokyamalla, his father, the mahāmandalesvara of the Banavāsi division and shifted his immediate brother Vikramāditya, who had earned the good will of all the subordinates there. In the succeeding year, Bhuvanaikamalla, appointed Brahmaksatra Bhuvanaikavira-Udayādityadeva the Mahāmandalesvara of Gangavādi96000 and Sāntalige-Thousand principalities, with all the titles of the Ganga dynasty.17
16. EC. VII SK. 136. 1068. Balligāve, pp. 245-49, a Charter composed by
Säntinātha, a Jaina author of eminence. 17. EC. VII-i. sk. 136. 1068.