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THE JAINA ANTIQUARY.
In the Surastha (2) gana (E. C. IV No. 19) we have
Anantavirya Balacandra Prabhācandra Kalnele deva
asṭōpavāsi Hemanandı Vinayanandi
Ēkavira
Vol. V
Pallapandita (Palyakirti 1118 A. C Abhimanadāni)
In I. A. XIV, one Ananta virya is said to have been the disciple of Guna sena who was the disciple of Vira sena. Ananta Virya is the contemporary of Rakkasa Ganga in S. 899 (977 A. C.) The Humcha inscription refers to Mārasimha Nolamba Kulantaka Guttiya ganga as the younger brother of Marula, his younger brother Racamalla and his younger brother Govinda Nitimurga. Then his kiriya (younger) is mentioned as Satya Väkya Govindara whose titles were Rakkasa Ganga, Viramāratanda etc. Rakkasa Ganga, brought up the daughters of his younger brother Arumolideva and married one of them to Kādu vetti. Ananta Virya may have been the same as the author of Parikshāmukha Sutra vrtti, in 975 A.D Therefore this Kelnele deva must have been different from Kelnele dēva the disciple of Elacarya and the contemporary of Erega in c. 910 AD. If this Erega is the same as Eṛeyappa, Mahendrāntaka, he must be placed between 907 and 913 A. D.
If, as indicated above, the consecration took place in a year Vibhava, since 908 A D is a Vibhava and the details seem to refer to 907 A C 10th March Sunday, this is most probably the date of installation as it falls in the reign of Erega
But it should be investigated whether such an early date is in conformity with the known facts about Cămunda Rāya who was
Ec. VII Sr. 37 mentions one Anantavirya as the colleague of Maladhāri Śrīpāla dēva in $1069 (1147 AC)
