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Jainism in Carl; medieval harnalala
Mulgund in the Gadug taluq of the Dharu ar district also des eloped as a renowned custre of thc Sena lincage which wielded considerablc influence upon the Jainis in Karnataka during the 9th 11th centuries Ajithscna Kanal usena and Nagasena all of whom contributrd to the diffusion of thc Jina culture in Karnataka 2r known to have hailed from this place An inscription of 902 3 speaks of Cíkarya con of Candrārya of the vaisi a castc who built a Juna sanctu?ry at Mulguind His son made in cndou ment of land for the uphcep of the establishment Another picce of land was bestos cd on the same temple by the four Icaders of the local guild of 360 merchants
The cxamples mentioned above show that many Jaina monasteries were founded in Kornataka during the carli medieval age They also indicate how the solitary unsocial life of the Jaina monks was trinsformed into cenobite life which developed fully in Karnataka during the 12th 13th centuries
In course of time the mathavası monks or those who lived permanently in monasteries came to be distinguished from the vanavusī or the forest du clling monks The wandering ascetics still emphasised the pristine purity of the monk's conduct They retained their puritan and hermetical habits In ing in forests and depending solely on pure alms for their sustenance
The continued existence of the wandering ascetics is attested by Gunabhadra and Som deva who flourished 10 Karnataka during the 9th 10th centuries The Tasastılaka" of Somadeta refers to a roving group of monks and auns under the guidance of the sage Sudatta, who did not allow the Jaina monks to stay in the monasteries of Rajapura for this would make them worldly Gunabhadra in his Almanusasana refers to the vanavası monks who were completely devoid of posses SIOTIS 3
Though the two modes of monastic life existed side by sıdc in Karnataka settled life gained ascendency over the
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El x1 pp 190ff Yasasiriaka pt 1 BK 1 p 10A N Upadhye (ed) Alonusasana v 149 pp 141 2
