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identical name figures in an inscription at Kaņņûr in the Bijāpur District. Arhanandi of the latter record lived in 1113 A. D. whereas the date of his namesake of the Huņasi-Hadagali inscription may roughly be ascribed to the middle of the 11th century A. D. Hence the two teachers must apparently be different.
INGALGI This village included in the Chitāpur taluk of the Pāyagā Jāgir is about 4 miles to the south from the Shāhabad Railway Station. It contains a large number of temples and other objects, some of which are associated with the cult of Jainism. One temple dedicated to Lord Jina was found deserted in a desolate condition. Another was a mass of ruins. They must have been fair specimens of the Chālukyan architecture in their well-preserved state.
The first temple mentioned above is situated in the heart of the village close to the house of the Police Patil. An inscription on stone found in this temple has been edited in Part II (No. 1). The temple was constructed by Jākaladēvi, a queen of the Western Chālakya king Vikramaditya VI; and
the circumstances of its origin have been narrated in an interesting manner in 'the record. Some innages were observed in a damaged and neglected condition outside this temple. These appeared to have been originally associated with the temple.
The second Jaina temple in ruins noted before is popularly called the Jakkav vana or Vaijakkavvana Gudi (i. e., the temple of Jakkavva or Vaijakkavva). It is located outside the village. Among the surviving fragments of the original temple the following may be mentioned: i) Door-jambs with the carvings of the figures of the Jina in standing and sitting postures. ii) The sculpture of a deity called Jakkavva or Vaijakkavva. The figure is of a non-descript appearance and may be either a Tirthakara or Padmăvati. This otherwise uncared for image is occasionally recipient of some homage on the part of innocent womenfolk who offer flowers and lig before it.
It may be useful now to take into account some of the legends prevailing here: i) It is believed that the village was founded after the deity noticed above, to wit, Jakkavva or Vaijakkavva whose tutelage and influence are still perceptible among the inhabitants of the place. This is illustrated in the amazonian nature of the women of the locality according to some observers. 2) Another legend is rentiniscent of the past glory the place is said to have enjoyed in good old days.when the local merchants were trading
1 An. Rep. on S. I. Epigraphy, 1933-34, Appendix E, No. 177.
