Jain Journal 2000 01

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

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JAIN JOURNAL: Vol-XXXIV, No. 3 January 2000 Jinadevana, his son, built another basadi. Raya's early life was devoted to wars but later life was wedded to religious activities. Both Ajitasēnācārya and Nemicandrācārya were his preceptors. The latter, bearing the surname of Siddhanta Cakravarti, encoded the quintessence of Jaina philosophy, for the sake of Raya, wrote Gommata-sāra, a major non-canonical text in Prakrit. Raya also wrote Camunḍarajapurāṇam in Kannada, Caritrasāra in Sanskrit, and Viramartandi, a commentary not extant. His younger sister Pullabbā, followed her brother's ideal life and finally met her death with equanimity by the vow of sallekhana in the Candranatha basadi at Vijayamangalam, where a bas relief depicting the scene of Pullabbā engrossed in deep meditation exists to this day.
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Jainism found a congenial home and a royal patronage in the domains of the Ganga monarchy. They produced some of the eminent protagomists who vehemently vouched Jainism. They had a strong tradition of spiritual lineage which started from their first apostlementor Simhanandi. The Gangas and their overlords, the Raṣṭrakūtas, together shouldered the yoke of Jaina chariot and pushed it to the apogee of popularity, and that was undoubtedly the best period of its glory. Succeding ages will reverence the Ganga's memory. Their contribution to the Jaina iconography, art, architecture and literature is peerless. They provided the basic infrastructure of a Jaina base. The Gangas have carved a niche in the temple of fame.
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