Jain Journal 2002 07

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

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Jain Journal: Vol. XXXVII, No. 1 July 2002 10. Holarasa, son of Biṭṭarasa, a sun to the Lotuses of Sindakula, endowed the Guṇadabeḍangi Jinālaya at Arasibiḍu olim Vikramapura (Bijapur Dt, Hungunda Tk), in C.E. 1167 [SII. Vol. XV. No. 108]. This Jaina shrine was commissioned by Akkādevi, princess of the Calukya dynasty who had the cognoment of Guṇadabedangi ('the beauty of virtues'), in C.E. 1046 [EI, Vol. XVII, No. O.C.E. 1046]
11. Kalidevasetti of Hanugal founded a Basadi dedicated to Caturvimśati (=24) Tirthankaras at Mantagi (Haveri Dt, Hānagal Tk), and entrusted it to Nagacandra Bhaṭṭāraka, his preceptor. 12. Samanta Sankara built a new Basadi at Cikka-Magaḍi which was graced by the presence of Recaṇa-camūpa, minister and general of Bijjana and his sons. Kavaḍeya Boppa, a subordinate, had accompanied Recana.
13. Kavaḍeya Boppa, minister of Recana, was in intrepid warrior of the Kalacuris. Jaina shrines at Bandaṇikapura, Baṭṭakere, Bankapura, Belagola, Hānugal, Hūli, Koļatūru, Kogali, Kupaṇa, Lokkigundi, Mulgunda, Navilgunda, Puligere and other places were renovated and resurrected by Kavadeya Boppa.
Similar instances of installing consecrating and commissioning of Jaina images and places of prayer are not lacking. Manalaveḍe, now in Mahārāṣṭra (Sholapur Dt.) was a well-known Jaina seat and the royal house of the Kalacuris made it more sacred by founding new houses of worship dedicated Jina. Abbots of Mulasamgha Desiga gana were chief of the Manglavede diocese. Bijjaladeva, born at Ingaleśvara (Bijapur Dt, Bāgevāḍi Tk), a nerve centre of Jaina faith, was brought up at the nearby Mangalaveḍe olim Mangaļavāḍa, included in the Tarikaḍunāḍu division, and the early capital of the Kalacuri monarchy. The pontiffs of the Jaina monastery at Mangalaveḍe were the royal preceptors of the Kalacuri kings ab initio to ad finem. Hence the patriachs of the Mangalvede Jaina cloister were privileged to the biruda, title of 'Mangalaveḍada Rāyarācārya', the teachers of the kings of Mangalaveḍe'. Interestingly this epithet appears in the Bābānagar inscription. Acārya Tribhuvanadeva, chief of the Mangalavede Jaina monastery, was the preceptor of Bijjaṇarāya. It is noteworthy that some of the Kalacuri kings had Raya as part of their