Jinamanjari 2000 04 No 21

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

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Dviyāna) burnt Bāravai (Dvārāvati), the Yādava dynasty was on the point of being exterminated. The sage respectfully rescued the pregnant wife of the Yadava ksatriya Vajrakumāra from the flames. She came and lived under the refuge of Candraprabhasvāmin, 8th Tirthankara. She gave birth to a son in the Kuntivihāra and the baby was named Dadhapahara (Drdhaprahāra). When he came of age, he grew to be a mighty warrior, able, single handed to fight a hundred thousand combatants.. In that city the Yādava dynasty took root once more and with great respect they repaired the temple of Candraprabhasvāmin. (Indian Antiquary, XII, p. 124]. Svayambhū (c. 8th cent. C.E.), a Prakrit author of Jaina faith, has mentioned Sēuņa country in his cpic Paumācaria. He states that the river Bhimārathi is the ambrosia that flows in the Sēunadēśa.
arly this account agrees with a similar epigraphic record of Dēvalai. It is possible that the author of this charter had an access to Jaina source. legend looks like a later fabrication, it has an element of history whether the nomen Sēuņa is a variant of Savaņa, a Jaina friar, needs consideration. Dadhapahara, with the vouchsafement of Candraprabhasvāmi founded Candrādityapura as his state house. Of the Sēuna monarchs, Sēunadēva alias Seunacandra-III, a devout Jaina, extended more condescension to Jaina church. Anjanēri epigraph opens with obeisance to the five supreme divinity of the Arhats, the Siddhas, the Acāryas, the Upadhyāyas and the Sarvasādhus, a typical Jaina formula. Sēuņacandra endowed Candraprabha basadi with a grant of two shops for its sustenance.
A grant of land and money was endowed in C.E. 1220 to the Pārśva temple founded by Nägasiriyavve at Kandagal in Hungund taluk, Bijapur. She was a nun disciple of Sakalacandra Bhatļāraka of Mūlasangha, Kāņura-gana, during the reign of Yādava Singhaņa. Bāyideva a general of Singhaņa, re-endowed the Goñkajinalaya at Tērdāl, and also gave fresh grants of 36 mattar land.
A mutilated charter discovered inside the fort of Koppaļa (C.E. 1244) records the grant of lands to the Jaina temple. Another epigraph of Sorab number 149, states that Singhana dandādhipati, who had the title of Jaina-cūdamani ( an head jewel of Jaina faith) combating bravely attained the abode of gods.
One of the extraordinary persons of distinction during this period was Bācisetti. He was all in all in the Seuna kingdom. He was holding t
prime-ministership. In addition, he was holding some other portfolios - General of the army, Rājasrēșthi (president of the state chamber of commerce), bāhattara-nivõgādhi-pati (chief of staff). He also was commander governors of the Karnataka region.
Bācisețți was dauntless and daring in repulsing the Hoysaļa king. It is worth pondering, regarding the identification of Singhaņa-dandanāyaka mentioned in the Sorab charter no. 149. This illustrious person who laid down his life on the battle ground may be identified with Bācisesti, as the temporal term and the common title of Jaina-cūdāmaņi equation sound reasonable.
Bācisețți and his consort Candalādevi had an illustrious daughter, Rājaladevi, who, like her parents, was a fervent devotee of Sāntinātha Jina. She endowed lands for the renovation of Srivijaya Jinalaya at the capital Puligere in C.E. 1247. Padmasena Bhattāraka of Pogarigaccha cohort of Jaina monks and nuns of the original congregation, was the chief abbot of the local diocese. Jain Education International For Private Personal Use Only