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P. 17. Defeat of Jain exponents in the debate with Rāmānujachārya--a legendary statement of the Jains being crushed to death in oil mills --Sravana Belgola inscriptions record Vishnuvardhana perse--cutting the Jains for a time, but endowed and built bastis at Śravaņa Belgoļa.
P. 18. Mention of 12,000 infuriated Jains meeting Rāmānujācharya, legendary tradition of the demolition of 700 Jain bastis for building 700 maths.
P. 19. Queen Santala Devi-wife of Vishnuvardhan- a Jain. Her mother queen Machikabbe-a Jain-making of grants specially to Śravanabelgoļa by Santala Devi-her death by Sallekhana in 1131 A. D.
Lakshmi-wife of Ganga Rāja a Jain.
P, 20. The monument of Shah Salar Masaud Ghazi, Tonnur was enlarged and endowed with the spoils which the Brahmins had torn from the Priests of Jaina.
P. 59. Sravana Belgola-Sravana (meaning the Jain Ascetic). Belgola (the white pond)-a chief seat of the Jains in S. India-Chandragupta's pilgrimage to Sravana Belgo!a with Bhadrabāhu--their death by sanyasans (Samadhi or Sallekhanā). Records of self-inflicted deaths in the lower hill-the higher hill crowned by the largest stone statue of the image of Gaomateśvara.
Pp. 60-74. Chandra-giri hill-Twelve bastis,
Facing p. 6. Photo of Chandragiri (Plate).
P. 61. Its sanctity begins from the pilgrimage of Chandragupta and Bhadr. abāhu. According to Dr. R. S. SASTRI (in Mysore Archaeological report for 1923) : (1) the image of Gomata was set up in 1028 A.D., (2) Chandragupta's, (ii) pilgrimage with Bhadrabāhu, (iii) for Sravana Belgola ruled by Kakutsthavarma. Pilgrimage in 429 A.D. (from an inscription discovered on a stone pillar in Mathura 1928) Chandragupta's dreams interpreted by Bhadrabāhu-his pilgrimage with Bhadrabāhu and 12,000 disciples.
Bhadrabāhu's death by Sallekhana-Chandragupta's death by Sallekhana in 298 B.c. in a cave South-West of the hill. The death recorded in Pārsvanātha basti inscriptions of 650 A.D.---mention of Sāntisenamuni.
Inscription (E C., VIII No. 1) records the death of 700 rishis by Samadhi in 600 A D.--Existence of 900 legible inscriptions on the hills-record of men and womens' sanyasana-Nandisena-his Sanyasana.
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