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M. V. KRISHNA RAO.----Jainism in Gangavadi. (Q. J. M. S. Vol. 24, No. 1, 1933, Bangalore).
Pp. 48-59 ff. Jainism once most prevalent in Kannada and Tamil territories of southern India. Bhadrabāhu legend (Vienna Ori. Journal VII, p. 382); Mülasangha or the Original Congregation. Gangavādi, Kundakunda and Samantabhadra, proselytising on an extensive scale; by the 4th century A.D. Jainism had come to dominate the life and thought of the people of the Pandya, Chola and Chera Kingdoms, Kundakunda, author of Kurral, llangovadigal, younger brother of a Chera King and contemporary of Gajabāhu of Ceylon, author of Silappadikaram; Jain colonies at Kāveripattanam and Madura.
Gangavādi-occupied by Mysorean dynasty of the Gangas, later by the Hoysalas. Ikşvāku dynasty, ruled north of the river Krsnā in the Andhradeśa in about 225 and 340 A.D. Gangas belonged to this dynasty. Simhanandi laid the foundations of the Ganga dynasty about the middle of the 4th century (350 A.D.). The Gangas always ruled under the protecting and wakeful eye of Jinendra. The Gangas from the time of Srivikrama adhered more steadily to the Jain religion. Talavanapura or modern Talkad, the capital of the Gangas for about 8 centuries--once a mighty city, submerged in the sand by the Käveri.
Jain Acharyas and their work :
P. 52. Digambara Jainism supreme in the south till the 9th century A.D. Kundakunda occupied the pontifical chair about 8 B.C. He probably lived in Pataliputra, the seat of Dravida Sangha (I.A., XX, XXI; Digambara Pattāvalis pp. 60, 61) and an important town in Tondaimandalam, He wrote in Prakrit, then the court language of the Pallavas, for the benefit of the royal disciple Sivakumāra Mahārāja.
Samantabhadra, 3rd century A.D.; the most remarkable teacher ; his story. Simhanandi, another celebrated teacher, helped Madhava Konganivarma in founding his dynasty ; Gangavādi was then predominantly Jain. Simhanandi's successors Vakragrīva, Vajranandi author of Navastotra, and Pätrakesari refuter of the Trilaksana theory of utpada, uyaya and dhrauvya ; Sumatideva, author of Sumatisaptaka ; Kumārasena, and Chintāmaņi were the immediate predecessors of reputed Srivardhadeva (Tumbulāchārya and the author of Chūdamani).
A contemporary of Śrivardha was Pūjyapāda (Devanandi) preceptor of Durvinita. Pūjyapāda followed by Acārya Maheśvara,
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