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

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________________ WOMEN AS DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH 169 Lest it may be supposed that the example thus set by the noble ladies had hardly any effect on the mass of the people, we may proceed to give a few instances of Jina devotees among the citizens of the Hoysala Empire. A rare type of a strict adherent of the Jina dharma was Haryyale who, as is related in a record assigned to A.D. 1174, called her son Bhūvaya Nāyaka, and said—“Even in your dream think not of me but think of dharma. Always perform dharma, for by doing so you will reap the rewards (named)—thus, Bhūvaya Nāyaka, do I beseech you. That both you and I may obtain boundless merit, make a Jina temple, Bhūvi Deva. Always honour the friends of my god, and take special care of your junior uncle.” After this, anointing Jinapati, she received the sandal water with the resolve to wash away her sins. Then, in the presence of the feet of Jinendra, repeating with a loud voice the five words, without forgetting them, Haryyale, by means of the tomb died.1: And like her in the same year died Hariharadevi, the disciple of Candrāyaṇadeva.? In the succeeding generations, too, it was the ladies of the higher rank that set the example. The Senior Hērggaditi Acaladevi was the wife of the Saivite General Candramauļi. She had become pre-eminent for the four traditional gifts she gave. The learned Nayakīrti was her guru. She had a fine Jinālaya dedicated to Pārsvanātha constructed in Sravaņa Belgola ; and it was to this temple, as we saw in an earlier context, that on the application of Candramauļi the king Ballāļa gave the village of Bammeyanahaļļi. And the merchants (nänādesis) together with the representatives of the nādu and the nagara (the city corporation) likewise 1. E. C. XII, Tp. 93, p. 60. 2. Ibid., Tp. 94, p. 61.

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