Jain Journal 2000 04

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

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JAIN JOURNAL : Vol-XXXIV, No. 4 April 2000 dated C.E. 1015 is from Kodakani, a famous Jaina centre where Nemisetti of Nunnavamsa commissioned a Jaina shrine. Jayasimha founded another Jaina temple dedicated Säntinātha Jina at Balligave and the grants he had made were again renewed by Vikramāditya-VI in C.E. 1068, at the time of his elder brother's coronation. Āyca Gāvunda, for the merit of his spouse Kancikabbe, built a basadi at Hosūr (Gadag Dt) in C.E. 1028. Jaina temple and cloister of Jaina monks at Marola (Bijapur Dt, Hungund tk) thrived in this time with a number of Jaina ascetics actively preaching the tenets of their creed; gifts of land to the Jaina temple here is recorded in an inscription of C.E. 1028.
Sõmaladevi, daughter of Jayasimha and Akkādevi, sister of Jayasimha favoured Jainism. Aggalayya was a famous Jaina physician of the kingdom. He had the titles of Vaidya-ratnākara, an ocean of medicine, and Prānācārya, master of the (human) soul, and elevated to the status of royal physician. At the request of Aggalayya, wizard of Ayurveda sāstra, Jagadekamalla made a gift to two Jaina temples of Buddhasēna-Jinālaya at Muccananapalli and VaidyaratnākaraJainālaya at Ikkuriki (A.P. Nalgonda Dt). Jayasimha who certainly professed Jainism gave an added impetus to the cause of Nirgrantha creed.
Trailokyamalla (1042-68] continued backing Jainism. Akkādevi gifted land to a Jinālaya at Arasibīdi (Vikramapura) for the maintenance of the establishment and of the attached monks and nuns, in C.E. 1047, grants were given to another Jinālaya in C.E. 1044, and to Balligāve basadi in 1048. Baladeva, minister for war and peace, gave an estate to Nayasēna-I, a Jaina monk, as trustee for the supply of food to the Jaina-āyatana at Mulgund in 1053. Lakşma-nrpa, Duke of Banavāsi-12,000, granted estates to the Jaina temple at Annigere, which was later renewed by general Rācidēva. About a dozen lithic records establish that Trailokyamalla was more auspicious to Jaina church. Śrīdharadeva authored Jātakatilaka, a work on Astrology.
During the period of Bhuvanaikamalla (1068-75) all the conditions were propitious to a smooth sailing for Jainism. Lakşma-nrpa again continued to help it to bloom without let at Annigere, Puligere and other holy places
Tribhuvanamalla, who had Vikramāditya-VI as his first name succeeded Bhuvanaikamalla, and alone ruled for over half a century (1076-1126). That was the best of prosperous years for Jaina community. Never before or after, Jaina society flourished without hindrance for such a long period under one particular king. The only