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Hampa Nagarajaiah
Jambû-jyoti
death he went to the Jinagrha (Jaina temple), and at the feet of his revered teachers attained the holy death in the year 1039 C. E.
8.5.1. It is important to note that Revasetti voluntarily went to the caityagrha
six months prior to his death, practiced the vow of gradual suspension of aliment unto death, listening to the reading of the Arādhanā text, and thus carried out the ritual prescription under the supervision of his teachers. With the consecrated act of sallekhanā, renunciation of all profane possessions and associations, Revasetti was considered a mahāpurusa, a noble-minded eminent person. He was a disciple of Abhayanandi-panditadeva who is identical with Abhayanandipandita mentioned in SB inscriptions (EC. 11 (R) 51 (48), 156 (127) and 173 (140) ).(It is astonishing how a good number of lay-followers also, indeed courageously and comprehendingly undertook the vow of Sanyasta-dharma for attaining salvation.)
8.6.
Abhayanandi-pandita was one of the foremost Jaina mendicants in the Gangavādi 96000 region (K. 9). He was a disciple of Traikālyayogi and a grand disciple of Gollācārya (EC. II (R) 51 (48) IIth cent. C. E. P. 17; ibid., 156 (127). p. 94; ibid., 173 (140) P. 119]. All these pontiffs accomplished the three-jewels by observing the ritual of meditation and fasting unto death at Koppala.
9.1.
[K. 6 and K. 27] These two inscriptions of Koppala vividly describe Kundanarasi alias Kundana-somidevi, elder daughter of Būtugapermādi II (938-61 C. E). Koppala inscription No. 6 is undated and fragmentary but on palaeographic grounds it can be assigned to the end of the tenth century. Kundanarasi, a caladankagärti, by totally renouncing food and drink, patiently awaiting her inevitable end, achieved the three-jewels and entered the world of gods. This is the summary of the four lines traceable in the above nisidhi.
9.1.1. Another inscription (K. 27) is dated Śaka year 929 (1007 C. E), but
that is the year of the death of Cangala-devi alias Cangambe who was a contemporary of Kundana-somidevi. As recorded in the epitaph, both of them died by undertaking sallekhanā rite and were renowned personages during the second half of tenth century. Maladhārideva was the teacher, Rāya was the master, Mācana was the son, the best religion of the Lord Jina the Victor was the religion
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