Jinamanjari 2002 04 No 25

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

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INDRA IN JAIN ARCHITECTURE was the theme of the lecture delivered by Dr. Hampana, Professor Emeritus, Bangalore University, at the L.D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad, January 2002. Hampana has authored many authoritative works on the Jaina rulers succh as Rashtrakutas, Sāntaras as well as Jain architectural studies. Dr. Jitendra Shah, the Director of the Institute, presided over this special lecture.
- Jinendravani, A Kanada Montly Newspaper.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION TO THE ANCIENT JAIN SITE AT MULAGUNDHA BY DR. HAMPANA. Recent expedition to the site, which is situated in northern part of Karnataka, has revealed that the southern hillock was once a great Jain centre beginning from 850 C.E., the year when a Jain businessman named Pārsva and Candraprabha, and in the year 902 C.E., his son, Arasārya made land endowments to these temples. The special celebration event of the time was attended by Dharmasena, the Vāțagana ascetic who came from the town of Candrika in the district of Bijapur. This line of Vāțagana prospered here at Mulagunda for about 500 years.
Mulagundaa was the regional centre of the Cālukya and Rashtrakuta rulers. Nayasena, the author of the work, the Dhramāmruta was from Mulagunda. Recent expedition has brought to light some Jain inscriptions, and a Pārsva image belonging to 850 C.E.,
PROFESSOR B.K. KADABADI, a reputed scholar of Jain studies and author of many works, has been given the Sri Siddhāntakirti Award of the Humcha Jain Matha, for the year 2001-2002.
The Award Ceremony was held on 29 November 2001. Dr. Kadabadi, Professor Emeritus of the Karnataka University, has been a notable fixture of Jain studies at the university for quite a long time.
-- Gurudeva, A Kanada Fortnightly Newspaper.
ĀCĀRYA VIDYANANDJI ACCREDITED UPADHYĀ TITLE TO MONK NIRŅAYA SĀGAR The venue was Delhi, which had been described in the ancient grammar work, Katantra Vyākaran of the celebrated Jain grammarian Sharvaverma of the pre-Paniņi times. The celebration was held on 17 February 2002.
The monk whose birth name is Dinesh was born on 3 October 1967 in Rajasthan, After graduating from the university and excelling in the study of Prākrit and Sanskrit languages, he went through
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