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

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________________ POPULAR SUPPORT 175 gold, silver, precious stone, and the five metals constructed in Māhura, together with five large tanks named Santagere, Molagere, Pațțaņasvāmigere, and Talaviņdegere. Further by spending 100 gadyānas he made the Ugure stream enter the Pāgimagala tank. The beneficial works of Nokkayya Setti, therefore, were not confined merely to works of religious merit but to those which brought much material good to the people. The king rewarded such benevolent persons. And, as the same epigraph relates, Nokkayya was presented with a badge (pațța) of gold by his king for his good works. And another inscription dated about A.D. 1077 relates that he was styled " a portable tirtha in the middle of the forest the Santali country", a Kānina in making gifts of food. shelter, medicine, and learning", and an occan of good character. This latter record informs us that he erected another Jina temple also in Humcca, called the Tirthada basadi, for which the next Säntara ruler Tailapa Deva granted the village of Bījakana Bayal as an endowment. It is from this record that we learn that this guru Divākaranandi, who possessed the five mahākalyāṇas, the eight mahāpratihāryas, and the thirty-four latiśaysas, who was well versed in both Siddhāntas, wrote a vịtti in Kannada to the Tattvārthasūtra.3 The importance of the commercial classes is also seen from the fact that well known Jina temples were entrusted to their charge. For instance in A.D. 1195 the Nagara Jinālaya at Śravana Belgoļa, which had been constructed by the minister Nāgadeva, was placed in the custody of the Vīra Baņajigas 1 & 2. E. C. VIII, Nr. 58, pp. 153-154. 3. Ibid. Nr. 57, P. 153.

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