Jain Journal 2000 07

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

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KIVUDANAVAR: JAINA GENERALS IN VIJAYANAGARA COURT basadi in Chāmarājanagara, 16 Caityālaya of Ādi Paramēśvara in Harave, 17 Vijayanātha basadi and Chandraprabha basaid of Maleyūr, 19 Padmāvati basadi at Hunsūr,20 Candraprabha Caityālaya at Avalināda, 21 śānti Tirthankara basadi in Tavanidhi and Sankala basadi at Huligere, 22 Hosa basadi and Candra Jina Mandira in Mūdabidire,23 Caityālaya of Anantatirtha in Gērusoppa,24 Caturmukha basadi at Kārkala, Candranātha basadi in Basrūru25 and so many basadis and caityālayas were constructed and patronaged by the local rulers and Jaina devout and the ministers and Generals, those who are Jaina dharma, of Vijayanagara empire made grants to Jaina temples and the Jaina yatis of the period.
Of course we may say that the South has a special contribution in moulding the lift and thought of the people of the south. Jaina view of life has permeated the spirit of the culture in the south. The spirit of toleration and the spirit of ahimsā have entered the life of the Princes and the people alike. The generals were naturally intelligent, skillful in an administration. So, the Vijayanagara emperors made them apparent in high posts. Thus the contributions of the Jaina Generals to Jainism is unforgotten in the religious history of South.
16. MER - 1912, p. 51. 17. EC Vol. IV, Ch. 185. 18. Ibid., Ch. 147, 148, 161, 144, 159. 19. Ibid., Hs. 123, 61, 62, 60. 20. E.C. Vol. VIII, Sb. 263. 21. Ibid., Sb. 428. 22. MER - 1928, p. 97. 23. SII – Vol. VII, pp. 94-98. 24. MER - 1928, p. 97. 25. MER - 1901, No. 62.