Jin Parsva and His Temples in Inscriptions of Karnataka

Author(s): Hampa Nagrajaiha
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narrates that śāntaladevi, daughter of the unequalled general Bharata, wife of Ecirāja who is praised as a Jina, mother of Lord Rāyadeva and Mariyāne, got constructed at Sindaghatta an edifice for Pārśva with numerous fine kutaspirelets to the praise of all on earth and became an accomplished one on each :
ghanatara-kūta-koti-yuta
Pārsva-jineśvara-gehamam jagajjana-nutam [EC. VII (R) Ng. 72 (IV Ng 32) 1048, 1103, 1182 and 1183. pp. 54-60). This Pārsva-basadi was built in A. D. 1043 and subsequently the earlier grants
were confirmed and renewed in A. D. 1103, 1182, and 1183. 28.2. In A. D. 1178, Sovi-setti (Soma-setti) constructed at Hattana (Mandya Dt/Ng Tk)
amaragiri-tunga-Pārsva-jinageha and granted lands for the worship, food offerings and for repairs. The recipient of the grant was Adhyātmi-Bālacandra, a disciple of Nayakirti-Siddhāntadeva (EC. VII (R) Ng. 118 (IV Ng 70) A. D. 1178, pp. 11.721]. This city was then called Mudhuvolal (an ancient ciry') and later came to be known as Hattana. This Pārsva temple was converted into a Saiva temple where the present inscription stands as a witness, and on the pedestal in the
garbhagrha stands the Saivite deity Virabhadra. 28.2.1. Another inscription from Dodda-Jataka village describes mahāsamanta
Hemmaya-nayaka to be a man lay-yotary of Pārsvadeva-Parśva-deva
pādārādhaka : (ibid., Ng. 132 (IV Ng 15) 1179. p. 129]. 28.3. An epigraph from Kasalagere village (Mandya Dt/Ng Tk) records the construction
of Arhat Pārsva basadi at Hebbiduruvādi in Kalu-Kani nādu in A. D. 1142. A ruler of that region, Samanta Soma, a lay disciple of Bhānukīrti-siddhäntadeva, made a grant of the village Aruhanahalli ('a village of Arhats") and the recipient of the grant was Brahmadeva of Surastha-gana (ibid., Ng. 169 (IV Ng 94) 11 12,
pp.167-69). 28.4. Mahā-pradhana-sarvadhikari-Heggade Ballayya, a subordinate of Hoysala Vira
Ballāla II, made a grant of income from the customs of the village Bhogavādi [Bhogadi : Mandya Dt/Ng Tk] and its hamlet Kaļabovanahalli for the worship, offerings etc., to God Pārsvadeva; this basadi had a popular name, Śrīkaranajinālaya. The recipient of the gift was Padmaprabha, disciple of Akalanka, the pontiff (ibid., Ng. 184 (Re. 1940-29). 1173. pp. 183-85]; it is evident that the
Srikarana-Pärsva-jinālaya is anterior in date to A. D. 1173. 29. A slab in the compound of the Hanumāna temple at Kandagal (Bijapur Dt/
Hungund Tk) records a gift to the god Pārsva-jina. This Pārsvanātha basadi was built by Nāgasiriyavve, a nun-disciple of Sakalacandra-bhattāraka of the Kanür cohort of friars and nuns. This gift was made by the 500 svāmis (members of the merchant guild) together with the prabhus, mummuri-dandas, ubhaya-nāna desis