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RAMACHANDRAN, T. N. Aswamedha Site Near Kalsi, (Journal of Oriental Research Vol. XXI). Madras, 1953.
P. 27. The Jaina King Khäravela of Kalinga said to have performed Vedic sacrifices of Rajsuya,
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Surendranath Shripälji JAIN. Colossus of Shravana Belgola and other Jain Shrines of Deccan, Bombay, 1953, Pp. iv-+64 with 40 plates.
This book is a guide to the Jain shrines in and around Śravana Belgola and some other Jain shrines in South India, profusely illustrated.
Contents: 1. Prologue-Shravana Belgola, Vindhyagiri, the colossus, Chamundaraya. II. Mahamasta-Kabhişeka-its ritual, III. Chandragiri-its temples. IV. Other Jain shrines in the Deccan-Jain Mutts of Jainbidri, Gommatgiri, Humacha, Maleyür and Narasimharajapura. V. Famous Jain Temples in the Deccan-Halebid, Kärkel, Venun and Moodbidri. VI. Historical Jain KingsGanga Dynasty, Mysore Maharajas. VII. Epilogue.
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K. K. PILLAY. The Sucindram Temple. Madras, 1953.
P. 1. Śucīndram, 8 miles to the north-west Travancore.
P. 39. Bhutala Śri Vira Udayamārtaṇḍa, a Venad sovereign (of Nancinad); 1516 A, D., he bestowed liberal gifts of lands on the Jain temple at Nagercoil (T. A. S., VI, Pp. 157 ff.)
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P. 103. Trimurti Hills in the Munar range of mounts in North Travancore-the figures popularly believed to represent the Trimurtis (Brahma, Visnu and Śiva) are really three Jain figures, in relief, seen on the eastern face of the rock.
Pp. 201-2. Anaval a group of temple servants, their duty in the Sucindram temple is staging of the execution of the Jaina disputants; Theological triumph of the Šaivites over the Jainas.
Pp. 223-4. The 6th Utsava represents the contest held between the Saivites and the Jaina devotees-a commemoration of the contest between the Advaitins represented by Tirujrana Sambanda and the Jains. The tradition is that, at the
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