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footing. Both Lakshmideva II and his father Kartavirya IV indebted to this divine for his sound advice and political wisdom. Munichandra was well-versed in sacred lore and proficient in military science. "Worthy of respect, most able among ministers, the establisher of the Raṭṭa kings, Munichandra surpassed all others in capacity for administration and in generosity."
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The epigraph incidentally reveals the following details about certain other Jaina teachers. Prabhachandra Siddhantideva was the superintending priest of the Manikyatirthada Basadi at Huli. His colleague was Subhachandra Siddhantideva. Indrakirti and Śridharadēva were the disciples of Prabhachandra. The temple Māņikyatirthada Basadi owned the endowment of the village Hiriyakummi.
KALBHĀVI: Kalbhavi in the Sampgaon taluk contains an interesting Jaina record incised on a stone outside the temple of Ramalinga. The epigraph is written in the characters of the 11th century A. D.; but it cites an impossible date which is Saka 261. Notwithstanding the doubtful nature of the inscription, its main purport may be considered as fairly genuine and utilised in our present study on the assumption that it is a later copy of an earlier lost document. The inscription refers to the reign of the king Amōghavarsha and introduces his feudatory Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara SaigoṭṭaGanga-Permanali alias Sivamāra of the Western Ganga family, with his characteristically Jaina epithets. Śivamāra constructed a Jaina shrine at Kumudavāḍa which is modern Kalbhavi, and endowed the whole village in its favour. The gift was entrusted into the hands of the preceptor Devakirti who belonged to the Mailapa anvaya and Kareya gana which as seen earlier was a section of the Yapaniya Samgha. Four generations of preceptors who preceded Devakirti are mentioned in the record. They are Subhakirti, Jinachandra, Nagachandra and Gunakīrti. A later scion of the Ganga stock named Mahamaṇḍaleśvara Kañcharasa revived the endowment which appears to have lapsed in course of time. If the above pedigree of the Jaina preceptors is reliable, it sheds some light on the activities of Yapaniya teachers in this area during the early age of the 8th century A. D.
1 Ind. Aut., Vol. XVIII.
2 J. B. B. R. A. S., Vol. X, pp. 287 ff.
KONNUR: This village in the Gōkāk taluk was a prominent seat of Jainism. It was included in the territory of the Raṭṭas and its ancient name was Kondanúru. An epigraph found here affords further testimony in respect of the patronage extended by the Ratta rulers to the Jaina preceptors and institutions. The first part of the inscription is dated A. D. 1087 in the reign of the Kalyāṇa Chalukya king Vikramaditya VI and refers to his sub
