Jain Journal 2000 07

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

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KIVUDANAVAR: JAINA GENERALS IN VIJAYANAGARA COURT
temple at Tiruppuraṭṭikunram for the merit of prince Bukkarāya, son of Harihara-II.5
The General first saw State service under Bukkaraya, son of Harihara-II, in Chinglepeth district. Dr. Saletore's assumption is proved by another record dated only in the cyclic year Prabhava and found in the same basadi, in which it is said that the manțapa infront of the same basadi was built by General Irugappa at the instance of his guru Puspasēna.6 An inscription refers to the Caityalaya which was built by him, named Kunthu Jinalaya at Vijayanagara which saw completion in A.D. 1386.7 And this is known as Ganggitti temple. In about A.D. 1388, he constructed Mahāmaṇḍapa infront of the Vardhamana temple in Kañcipuram for holding musical concerts. That is how it came to be known as Sangita Mandapa. Mallisēna Vāmana, the guru of Pushpasēna Vamana, was a great scholar. "His erudition of Sanskrit won for him the title 'Ubhaya Bhāṣākavi Chakravarti' or the poet Monarch of two languages," The "Pañcāstikāya", "Pravacanasara", and "Syādvädamañjarī" are his famous works.
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The noted statesman Irugappa, continued his service even till in the reign of Devaraya II. In A.D. 1422, he granted Belgula village for the worship of Gōmatesvara.9 Sometime he was appointed as the viceroy of Goa along with Chandragutti.
Another distinguished Jaina general who flourished in the empire was Jaina Mallappa. He was a well-known general of Madhava, a provincial governor of Gōvā, in the region of Harihara II. Mallappa received from Madhava, a gift of the village Cangapura in recognition of his faithful services and breathed his last at Gutti in the year A.D. 1377.10
The record dated A.D. 1390, refers Mangarasa Vodeya, the Governor of Mangaluru Rajya, and he made a gift of land to the Gurugala-Basti at Bidre. He was also a Jaina devout.
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An inscription in Archaeological Museum at Hampi dated A.D. 1395, records the construction of a Caityalaya at the city of Kundavrōlu and
5. MER - 1890, No. 41. (Madras Epigraphical Report).
6.
Read, B.A. Saletore "Mediaeval Jainism", p. 305.
7.
S.I.I. Vol. I, No. 152, (South Indian Inscriptions).
8.
Indian Antiquary Vol. XIII, p. 278.
9.
Epigraphia Carnatica, Vol. II, No. 253.
10. MER 1932, Nos. 33, 105.
11. MER 1901, No. 55.