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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
No. 12-Two Inscriptions of Vikramaditya Varaguna.
Pp. 193-195. Chitaral inscriptions : Figures of the Tirthankaras and of the goddess Padmavatidevi carved in a cave on the hill Tiruchchanatumalai. Figures of the Devi, Mahävira and Pārsvanätha. Jain figures on a brick gopuram--original temple destroyed. Present temple believed by the Hindus to be the temple of Bhagavati. Application of the name charana to any Jain ascetic. Tiruchcharanattumalai, meaning a hill sacred to the Jain ascetics. Kalugumalai, an important Jain settlement of old. Records donation of gold to the Bhatariyar of the Tiruchcharanattumalai by Gunandangi Kurattigal, disciple of Araţtanemibhatara.
Illustrations :
Mahävira-Tīrthankara in the central shrine of the temple on the Tiruchchanattumalai. General view of the temple of Bhagavati on hill,
Sculptures on the overhanging rock on the north of the temple.
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Trav. Arch., Ser. Vol. 2. Trivandrum, 1916-21.
Bauddha and Jain Vestiges in Travancore :
Pp. 115-130. Bauddha and Jain faiths over the whole of India. Jain faith still lingers. The Jains said to have migrated into the south under the leadership of Bhadrabāhusvāmi. Kings of the Dravida countries, adherents of Bauddha and Jain faiths. Grant of a Burmese king named Maravijayottunga-varman to the Jain temple at Tirunarungoddi, Travancore under the influence of the Bauddha and Jain faiths. Vikramaditya Varaguna, a donee to the Jain temple of Chitaral. The image of Tirthankara in the Manasara The images of Jina and Buddha in the Brihat Samhita. The Jain centres of worship on the extreme north and south of the State--- Bhagavati temple on the Tiruchchanattumalai near Chitaral. Some Jain figures and the figure of Padmavatidevi. Jain temple of Nāgarāja in Nägarkoyil Jain images in this Nāga temple.
Illustrations :
Map of Travancore showing the positions of the Bauddha and Jain relics. Jain images in the Nāgarājasvāmi temple at Nägarakoyil. Jain images at Kallil. Megalithic image of a Tīrshankara in the Jain temple at Tirumalai near Polur, South Arcot dist. Metallic Jain images and Yantras in the Jain temple at Tirumalai near Polur, South Arcot dist.
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