Jain Journal 1999 07

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

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NAGARAJAIAH: VIKRAMĀDITYA VI AND JAINISM
25.1 A much damaged and undated epigraph refers to the Jaina pontiff Nayakirti-Siddhāntadeva and Padmanandi-bhaṭṭāraka; when prince (kumāra) Tailapadeva was ruling, Macarasa, Sankarasa and Muddarasa made certain grants to a Jaina temple, the details of which are lost, 105
25.2 The charter says that danḍanāyaka Tikka bhaṭṭa, a ŚaivaBrahmin of the agrahara of the Balguli town, made a gift of the toll revenue at the rate of two hāgas on every load of merchandise, instead of one haga as before, for feeding five Brahmanas in the satra every day, the balance, if any, being utilised for the repairs of the tank. Besides this, a grant of two panas a small coin of silver or gold of certain weight, per month, for offerings in the Brahma-Jinālaya was made in the presence of Sivasakti-Pandita. 106 The gift was made into the hands of Śivamayya, when Tribhuvanamalla-Pandyadeva, a mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, ruling over Noalambavāḍi Thirty-two thousand. There were other Brahma Jinalayas during the period under discussion, caused by different donors at various places viz., Lakkuṇḍi 107 Isur, 108 Kubṭūr109, Beļavatti110, Bāḍli111, Seḍam112, cikka-Handigola113, JogiMattige114 and Niḍugallu 115. I have discussed the cultural and religious background of the concept of Brahma-Jinālayas elsewhere.116
26.1 The beauty of the Jina-caityāvāsa, constructed by Barmmisetți, is described at length, but much of the text is lost in the erased two lines. Following is the translation of the remaining portion; The caityalaya gave an impression to the onlookers, who were heartily describing, that it is a golden pitcher on the head of the goddess of the mother earth, the nectar of prosperity flowing in full, a platform to place the three jewels of Right belief, Ro-knowledge and Ro-conduct.117
105. SII. IX-i, 288. 1115. Konakoṇḍla (AP: Anantapur dt, Gooty tk) pp. 308-09.
106. ibid., 192. 1115. Bāgali (Bellary dt, Harapanahalli tk), pp. 187-88. 107. SII. XI-i. 52. 1007. Lakkundi (Gadag dt.).
108. EC. VII-i, Sk. 8. 1080. p. 124.
109. EC. VIII. Sorab. 262. 1075, p. 111.
110. ARSIE 1946-47. 216. 1100.
111. KI. I. 29. 12th cent. p. 64. 112. APGAS-III, 1124. pp. 95-96. 113. KI. V. 38. 1174. p. 153. 114. EC. XII (old) Śirā. 32. 1278.
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115. ibid.,, Pavagaḍa. 52, 1232.
116. Hampa Nagarajaiah, Kavivara-Kamadhenu 1996: 23-25. 117. EC. VII-i. Sh. 57. 1117-18. Nidige, pp. 57-61.