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

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________________ 338 MEDIÆVAL JAINISM Hiriya Jigaļige Four Hundred, Bāļa-Caugala-näd, Hosanāò, Kambunāļige, Aidāvaļige, Hiriya Mahaļige, Cikka Mahālige, Jambeyahaļinād, Hedanād, Kuncinād, Hošanād, Baļenād, the Gutti Eighteen Kampaņa, Vokhaligerenād, Honnattināų. Esad...yanād, Halasige, Honnāle, Ingundi, and other places. In their assembly they agreed among themselves to give to the Sankala basadi at Huligere a śāsana embodying an umbali gift of seventy varāha for a palanquin and other items in the basadi. And the Minister-General Muda also joined them on this occasion.1 The above is significant from two points of view. In the first place, we have the fact of the universal support which the people gave to the Sankala basadi of Huligere. And, secondly, it suggests that the Sālu-müles and the Banajigas, who had by this time embraced the Vira Saiva creed, still looked upon their earlier faith with great reverence and contributed towards its prosperity in the kingdom. Leaving these cities in the southern and western part of Karnāțaka, we may mention one or two important centres in the Bellary and Cuddapah districts. These were Rāyadurga and Dänavulapādu. The former was a stronghold of the Mūla sangha. In A.D. 1355 a Jaina merchant named Bhogarāja constructed the image of śāntinātha Jineśvara. He was the disciple of Māghanandi whose guru was Amarakirti of the Sārasvata gaccha, Balātkāra gana, and the Kondakundānvaya. This was in the reign of king Harihara Rāya 1.2 The names of Candrabhūti of the Müla sangha, and Candrendra, Bādayya, and Timmaņņa of the Yāpaņīya sangha, carved on the pedestal of the Rasa Siddha images found at Rāyadurga, merely confirm the fact that 1. E. C., VIII. Sb. 428, p. 75. 2. 111 of 1913; Rangacharya, Top. List, I. p. 317,

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