Jinamanjari 1999 09 No 20

Author(s): Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication

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According to the inscription found at the left side of Bahubali statue at Veņūr, Timmanna Ajila, whose ancestor was Cāmundarāya and the patron who erected the monolithic statue of Bāhubali at Sravanabelagola in the year 981 C.E., consecrated the Bāhubali statue at Veņūr in presence of his preceptor, Cărukirti Bhattaraka of Mudabidre, on Thursday, 1 March 1604 C.E. Further, it mentions that king's mother Pāndyakadēvi and maternal uncle Rāyakumāra witnessed the consecration.
List of Ajila Rulers
According to available sources, there were a total of seventeen rulers on the throne at Veņūr and Aladangadi. The following is the list of Ajilas rulers:
1. Timmannajila I (1154-1180) was the grandson of the Ajila king who ruled before.
2. Pūnjana II (1180-1186) who ruled for a very short time.
3. Rāyakumāra I (1186 - 1204) was the son of Timmannajila 1.
4. Timmannajila II (1204 - 1256) was the son-in-law of Rāyakumāra.
5. Pandyappajila I (1256 - 1288) was the son-in-law of Timmannajila II.
6. Padumāladēvi I (1288 - 1345) was the daughter-in-law of Pandyappajila.
7. Sankaradēvi (1345 - 1382) was the younger sister of Padumāladēvi.
8. Timmannajila III (1382 - 1427) was the son of Sankaradēvi.
9. Madhurakkadēvi I (1427 - 1462) was the daughter-in-law of Timmannajila.
10. Pandyappajila II (1462 - 1502) was the son of Madhurakkadēvi.
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