Jain Journal 1999 07

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

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NAGARAJAIAH: VIKRAMĀDITYA VI AND JAINISM
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The record states that mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Ballāļa-Poysaļadeva was on his way to Sosevur olim Angadi, an important seat of Jaina monastery.
18.1 A lithic-record of this period on the doorframe of a Jaina temple contains some Sanskrit verses (slokas) arranged in cakra bandhas, the lines of a wheel like circle with axle-box and spokes in sarvatobhadra style of composition; the verses are assigned to C. 1100 C.E.83
18.2 To the worship of the Santinatha temple and for the good of rşis, certain land was made over to Bahubali ācārya, a disciple of Indranandi-susamyami of Hanasoge-anvaya in the Mula-sangha Desiya gana Pustaka-gaccha of Kondakunda-anvaya.8
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18.3 Govindarasa, a raṇa-raǹga-Bhairava, was protecting the Banavase-Twelve Thousand and the Melpatte Vadḍa-rävaula, in peace and wisdom. His son Soma alias Sovarasa, whose wife was Somāmbikā, had two daughters Virāmbikā and Udayāmbikā, who caused a Jaina temple to be erected at the old Amaṭekoppa village.85 The epigraph has the following unique description of the temple: Kim Devendravimāna eşa kimuta Sri-Nagarajāśrayaḥ kim Hemācala-Ŝaila ityanudinam Sankām dadhānam jane/nisseṣāvanipāla-mauļi-vilāsan Māṇikya-mālāñ citambhāty-atyunnati maj-jinendrabhavanam tābhyām vinirmmāpitam.86
18.4 An epigraph from (Basava) Kalyāņa (Bīdar dt) of C.E. 1100, registers the construction of Jaina temples at the capital city by several people including Dānacintāmaṇi Attimabbe and subsequent maintenance by several other pious Jainas of the time of Vikramadityadeva,87
18.5 Three Jaina lay followers (Śrāvakas) namely Tailnga, Govinda and Boppuga built a basadi and a hall for charities (Dāna-Sāle), when Sāntara king Oḍḍuga was governing the division of SantaligeThousand.88 And this was the period when Malanakoppa also progressed as efficacious Jaina seat.
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83. E.C. VII-1. Sk. 222 to 224. Belligame (Sh. dt, Sk tk). pp. 299-300. 84. SII. XI-11. 123. 1100. Hungund (Bij dt). pp. 141-42.
85. EC. VII-I. Sk. 311. 1100. Hale-Amate-koppa. pp. 350-51.
86. ibid.,, lines: 25-27.
87. P.B. Desai, Basavesvara and his Times: 1968: 360-61.
88. EC. VIII (1902) TI. 192. 1102. Današale (Sh dt, Tl tk) pp. 687-88; Hampa Nagarajaiah, 1997-A : 36-37 and 48-49.
89. ARIE 1943-44. No. 3. 1103. Malanakoppa (Dh. dt. Kalaghtagi tk).