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85 śāstrasārasamuccaya. Māghanandi was the guru of Kumudacandra Pandita, who was also master of the four kinds of learning and a great debator.
To Māghanandi king Narasimha on the specified date granted Kallangere (location given) together with fourteen hamlets (named) attached to it, for maintaining the Jaina temple called Trikūţa-ratnatraya-śāntinātha-Jinālaya. This grant was made by the king in Kali-Hoysala-Jinālaya, and the temple which was endowed by him was also called Trikūta-ratnatraya-Nrsimha-Jinālaya, obviously as mark of esteem and loyalty to the king. It may also be observed here that this charity was established with the help of the Mahapradhāna (with other titles) Someya Dandanāyaka ; and the Jaina citizens of Dorasamudra granted specified money contributions and land for the consecration of the image of Sāntinātha.1
The Nagara Jinālaya stone inscription of A.D. 1282 is more explicit in regard to the official status of Māghanandi. He is styled in this record Mahāmandalācārya, best of Ācāryas, royal guru to the Hoysala king, and the emperor of philosophers.2 Since king Narasimha's reign lasted from A.D. 1254 till A.D. 1291,3 the reference here can be only to that ruler.
King Narasimha's great rival was his own brother king Rāmanātha, who ruled from A.D. 1254 till A.D. 1297,4 from his capital Kaņņanūr (Vikramapura). Two undated inscriptions of king Rāmanātha found in the great Jaina
1. M. A. R. for 1911, p. 49. 2. E. C., II, 334, pp. 141-142. 3. Rice, My. & Coorg., p. 97. 4. Ibid. 5. E. C. V, Intr. p. 26.
