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 of exuberance in the Jaina community is transperant in a number of epigraphs.
48.4 There were many Jaina settlements, the old and the new, and a missionary zeal was vibrant. The available data illustrates that the women were better and more faithful custodians of Jaina tradition, rituals and culture. Majority of the gifts were done at the instance of the religious preceptors.
49.1 The discussion of Vikramaditya and Jainism, will not be complete without reference to the Jaina generals, ministers mahāmāṇḍalikas, the queens and other Jaina women and consorts of higher officials, major centres of Jaina settlement and the monks and nuns. But for want of space, an in extenso discussion is not possible.
50.1 To sum up, Jainism had many adherents and patrons and continued to be the religion of a strong minority throughout the reign of Vikramaditya-VI. His whole hearted support to Jainism is corroborated by several epigraphs by copious references to Jaina preceptors, monasteries, centres of pilgrimage. The description of the society in general also gives a convincing impression that the religion of the Arhats was embraced by large and increasing numbers. Vikki laid a firm foundation for a prosperous career of syādvada-mata. He persisted to foster the cause of Jainism to which alone the CalukyaHouse had owed its solid base ab initio.
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Andhra Pradesh Government Epigraphical Series 0 Andhra Pradesh Government Report of Epigraphy
Appendix
: Annual Reports on Indian Epigraphy
Annual Reports on South Indian Epigraphy Bijapur District
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Abbreviations
: Benjamin Lewis Rice Edition
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century
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Cennarayapatna
: Dharwar District
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District
: Epigraphia Andhrica
: Epigraphia Carnatika (Revised)
: Epigraphia Indica