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Maduva gaņa of the Sēdam record was similarly connected with the Yāpaniya Samgha. This surmise is further supported by the fact that there existed in these parts other orders of teachers who belonged to the Yāpanīya Samgha. Prabhāchandra, it may be noted, was a renowned Mantravādi.
In the introduction to Inscription No. 4 I have discussed at some length the heroic nature of the residents of Sēļimba or ancient Sēdam with particular reference to the 'fifty-two warriors' who are characterised as of primeval fame. Besides the allusion in the Dāņi record to these valiant champions as pointed out in the discussion, one more inscription at Mugad in the Dharwar Dt. contains a specific reference to the galaxy of veterans. It is striking to observe that these heroic traditions of yore were handed down to the present generation in the from of a peculiar custom. This was the unique practice of boxing tournaments which the inhabitants of the town used to hold on a mass scale regularly on two occasions every year till it was stopped by the government recently on account to its evil consequences.'
TENGAĻI This village is about 4 miles towards the north-west of Malkhód It does not at present possess any Jaina antiquities worth the name. But as shown in the introductory portion of Inscription No. 16, it must have had at least one Jaina temple in the 12th century A. D. Mention may be made bere of the sculpture of a Tirthakara bearing on its back the Inscription No. 15. From this inscription and another from Ādaki we are acquainted with the existence, in these parts, of a line of teachers who belonged to the Vandiyūr gana of the Yāpuniya Samgha. This section of the ascetic order was not quite unknown previously; for the Sūđi Plates of Būtuga II, which have been dubbed as spurious, specifically refer to this gana and the Samgha. The name of the gana has been read therein as Vadiyūr. The name occurs in the same form in the Tengali inscription also and the anusvāra in the name has been supplied from the Adaki version of the name which contains an anusvāra. Now I shall turn to the places in the Kopbal District.
ĀDŪRU This village is situated in the Yalbargi taluk of the Kopbal Dt. The following Jaina relics were noticed here. i) A basadi (temple ) in an indiffe
1 Bomb. Karn. Inscriptions, Vol. I, pt. i, p. 72. 2 We may also note in this connection that a similar tradition prevailed in the famous
ancient city of Pratishthana or modern Paithan. Pratishthana was invested with Jaida traditions and writers of Jaina persuasion have incorporated them in their works. Jinaprabhasűri who lived circa 15th century A. D., makes specifio mention, in his work Kalpapradipa, of the "fifty-two warriors' celebrated in that capital of the Satavahanas;
J. B. B. R. A. S., Vol. X, p. 134. 3 Ep. Ind., Vol. III, p. 180.
