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MEDTÆVAL JAINISM 1100-A.D-1106).1 In the thirteenth century A.D. Mūdubidre possessed the Pārsvanātha basadi which received royal patronage from the Alupa kings of Tuļuva.? But it is only in the fifteenth century that it sprang into fame in the times of the Vijayanagara monarchs. A stone inscription dated Saka 1351 (A.D. 1429) of the reign of the Emperor Deva Rāya II relates that Venupura, (i. e., Mūdubidre) was a city distinguished for its Bhavyas, who followed the right path, who gladly performed deeds of virtue, and who were eager to hear stories relating to the Jina dharma. The local ruler Bhairarasa, who was matrimonially connected with the kings who ruled over the Gērasoppe-Nagiri kingdom, made at the instance of his guru Vīrasenamuni certain specified offerings in the Candra Jina mandira at Mūdubidre.3 In A.D. 1451-2 a mukha-mantapa called Bhairādevi mantapa was built to the Hosa basti during the reign of the Vijayanagara Emperor Mallikārjuna Immadi Deva Rāya (A.D. 1446-A.D. 1467), when the viceroy over the Bārakūru-rājya was Gopana Odeyar. And the same basadi received a grant of land from the viceroy Vițgharasa Odeyar during the reign of the Emperor Virūpākşa in A.D. 1472-3.5
1. Saletore, Ancient Karnātaka, I, pp. 410-411. Mr. V. Lokanatha Sāstri of Mūdubidre in his book Mūdubidreya carite (p. 20, Mangalore, 1937) says that the date of the construction of the
age of Pārsvanātha is given in an inscription on its base, as Saka 636 (A.D. 714). I do not know how far this is accurate information. This date, if true, violates all contemporary history of Jainism not only in Tuļuva but in Karnātaka as well.
2. Saletore, ibid, p. 413. 3. 33 of 1901; S. I. I, VII, pp. 94-98. 4. 29 of 1901.
5. 30 of 1901; for a detailed account of Mūdubidre, read Hultzsch, Ep. Rep. S. Circle for 1901, p. 3 seq.
