Book Title: Medieval Jainism
Author(s): Bhasker Anand Saletore
Publisher: Karnataka Publishing House

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________________ JAINA MEN OF ACTION 143 and Pārsvanātha and this temple of Caturvimśati Tīrthankaras," did obeisance to the Jina images, and gladly granted as a permanent endowment the village of Savaneru for the worship and offerings in the temple. Indeed, the king was so charmed with this Jinālaya that, as we noticed in an earlier connection, he lovingly gave it the second name of Bhavyacūļāmaņi after Huļļa's own title Samyaktva-cūļāmaņī. And General Hulļa made the Mahāmandalācārya Nayakirti Siddhānta Cakravarti the Ācārya of the Caturvimšati basadi, and directed that from the money which the Ācārya obtained from the village of Savaneru, the latter was to meet the cost of repairs of the basadis of the Sravana Belgoļa sthāna, the worship and enjoyments of the gods, and the gifts of food to the assembly of ascetics. In about A.D. 1175 the same village of Savaneru and two others called Bekka and Kaggere were received by General Hulļa from king Ballāļa II, and made over to the same Jinālaya and for the worship of Gommateśvara and Pārsvadeva.? Before we pass on to the history of other basadis which were carefully looked after by General Huļļa we may mention a word about his gurus. The Mangãyibasti record dated A.D. 1159 tells us that Hulla rejoiced in bowing at the feet of Maladhārisvāmis ; while one of the inscriptions on the Doddabețţa dated about A.D. 1175 explicitly states that he was the lay disciple of Nayakīrti Siddhāntadeva. The former 1. E. C. II, 345, 349, pp. 148-9, 153. In the later record dated about A.D. 1175, it is said that while returning from the conquest of the regions, king Narasimha visited the Caturvimsati basadi. E. C. ibid, 240, p. 103. This point will not be discussed here. 2. E. C. II, 240, p. 103 ; see also ibid. V, Cn. 146, pp. 188-189. 3. Ibid., II, 349, p. 153. 4. Ibid., 240, p. 103.

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