Kevalaodhi Buddhist And Jaina History Of Deccan Vol 2

Author(s): Aloka Parasher Sen, B Subrahmanyam, E Siva Nagi Reddy
Publisher: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan

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Kannada Inscriptions of Jaina Affiliation from Andhra Pradesh
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kommaņayya and others to the basadi of Chandraprabhādēva at Togarikuņte in Kudiyape-40 for conducting worship in the basadi. The gift was made for the merit of the Mahamandalesvara Kumāra Taliapadēva. The record refers at the end to Padmanandi. The mention of Prince Kumāra Taliapadēva would show that the record belongs to the reign of Vikramaditya VI.
Like the earlier record another inscription from the same place registers gifts of land and flower gardens for worship and offerings in the temple which belonged to Drāvila Sanghasēna gana and Kaurar gachchha that was situated in front of Ujjilivo!al the capital of the region Kallakelagu-500. The gift was by Pāņditya, disciple of Vädirāja in the lineage of illustrious Vädirāja. Other gifts by the local mercantile community were also made to the deity. There are numerous evidences of making images of tirthankaras and installing them in the temple by the philanthropic donors. Inscriptions from Hyderabad and Peddatumbalam mentions that the images of Pamchaparamēshthi were made by Dēvaņņa, son of Sēnabova Achanna of Esambarage of disciple (Chata) of Madhavachandra-bhattāraka, who belongs to the Mülasamgha, Désiya-gana, pustaka-gachchha and Yimgalēśvara-bali Gommața-Pārsva-Jina was caused to be made by the Mahāpurusha Bochikabbe, the wife of Chenchi-setti, a disciple of Chandrakirtti bhattāraka of the Mula-samgha, Dēśi-gaña, Postakagachcha and Kondakund-anvaya, respectively. Similarly another record from Hyderabad mentions that Bopaņa, son of Emmeya Prithigauda of Kopana-tīrtha and his wife Malauve and the lay disciple of Rajaguru mandalācharya Maghanadisiddhanta-chakravarti caused the image of Chauvisa-tirthankara (i.e., the 24th Tirthankaras) to be made and presented to the basadi built by Madana-daņāyaka of Müla-Samgha and Dēsiya-gaña.
The Gangapuram record is important from two aspects. The first being, it refers to the construction of a jina-griha and the consecration of the image of Chennapārsvanātha therein by Mahävaddavyavahāri Manigāra Kālisesti of Tumbala and to a gift of income from levies on commodities such as areca and other items for the worship of and offerings to the same. It mentions the officers Surkådhikari and Addasunkadadhikari and contains an eulogy of Nayakīrtidēva who was perhaps the recipient of the gift. The second aspect is that the mention of the officers Sunkädhikari and Addasunkadădhikari in the record show that they concurred with the merchants to donate the income from levies on commodities. This suggests that they were empowered to divert the income of the State to temples.
A record from Korațla a gift of land for the service of Rattamārtānda Jinälaya when Padmanandi Siddhāntadēva, was the achärya. At the end a Jaina sect of Koravatļu ghosta, belonging to the Kornūrugaņa and Tintrinigachha is mentioned. The Chilkūru inscription, now preserved in the Hyderabad Museum is interesting. It registers the gift for the repairs and maintenance of the Antara basadi of Chilkūra by Sridharavarmadēva and Kirtivarmadēva the Perggades of the king. Kirtivarmadēva on the occasion of the king's pattabandha (coronation). Mention of some of the images of Jaina Tirthankaras to whom the gifts are made by the local people is stated in the record. Another epigraph from the same Museum registers the gift of 100 marturs of land 3 marturs of garden to Pārsvanāthadēva of Indra-jinälaya of Chilkūra by Dandanāyaka Padmanabha Ailarasa governing the Lombalika-70, on his return journey with the king after (Uttara-digvijaya northern conquest) over Māļava and defeating Bhöjadëva.
The inscription" from Tādapatri is important from the point of view of Kannada literature. The record is in beautiful Kannada verses and consists of 25 poems. In the reign of Udayāditya, son of Sõmidēva and Kanchalādēvi, ruling from Tatparapura the present Tādapatri it registers the genealogy of the sthånåcharyas of the Chandranātha, Pärsvanātha basadi at Tatparapura. It records that grant given by