More Light On Yapaniya Sangha

Author(s): A N Upadhye
Publisher: A N Upadhye

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Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute
Lokapur (Dt. Belgaum ) record of the 12th century A. D. notes that Brahma ( the son of Kallagāvunda ) erected an image of Purudeva under the advice of Ubhaya-Siddhānta-cakravarti, the pupil of Sakalendu Siddhāntika of the Kandūragana of the Yāpaniya Sangha. At Tengali (Dt. Gulburga ) there is an inscription of c. 12th century A. D. on the pedestal of an image. It was consecrated by Bammadeva, the pupil of Nāgadeva Siddhāntadeva of the Vadiyura (Vandiyūra ?) gana of the Yapaniya Sangha. The Manoli (Dt. Belgaum ) record of the 12th century A. D. speaks of the erection of Samādhi of Municandradeva of the Yäpanīya Sangha. He was the Acārya of the Basadi established by Siriyādevī. There is also a reference to the Samādhimarana of Pālyakirti, the pupil of Municandra of the Yāpaniya Sangha.
The Adaragunchi (Dt. Dharwar ) record of c. 13th century A. D. marks the boundary of the land given to a Basadi (at Ucchangi) of the Yāpanīya Sangha and Kādūrgana. The mutilated record at Hukeri (Dt. Belgaum ), c. 13th century A. D., mentions the name of Traikīrti of some Gana (the name is gone ) of the Yāpaniya Sangha.
In the under-ground cell at Kagwad (Dt. Belgaum ) there is a grand statue of Neminātha. There is an inscription on the Nisidi stone which mentions the names of Dharmakīrti and Nāga Bommaras. The date given corresponds to A. D. 1394. There are gaps in the record. The teachers of the Yāpaniya Sangha and Punnāgavşkşamülagana are Nemicandra (who is called Tuļuvarājya-sthāpanācārya ), Dharmakirti and Nāgacandra.
There are some undated records. The Sirur (Jamkhandi ) record states that the image of Pārsvanātha-Bhattāraka was presented by Kālisetti for the Kusumajinālaya of the Yāpanīya Sangba and VỊksamūlagana.? The Garag (Dt. Dharwar) record specifies the Samādhimarana of Sāntivīradeva of the Yāpaniya Sangha, Kumudigana. There is another worn out record which also mentions the same Sangha and Gana.8 The Rayadrug (Dt. Bellary ) record refers to the construction of Nigidi. Of the eight names mentioned there, we have Candrabhūti of Müla Sangha and Candrendra, Bādayya and Tammanna of the Apaniya Sangha.
1 Kannada Research Institute, Dharwar, 1942-48, No. 47. 1 A. R. I, E., 1960-61, No. 511; also P. B. DESAI, Ibidem, p. 404. 3 A. R. S. I. E., 1940-4 L, Nos. 63-65., p. 245. 4 A. R. S. I. E., 1941-42, No. 3, p. 255. 6 A.R.S.I. E., 1941-42, No. 6, p. 261. 6 Jinavijaya (Kannada), Belgaum, July 1931. 7 A. R. S. I. E., 1938-39, No. 98, p. 219. 8 A. R. S. I. E., 1925-26, Nos. 441-42, p. 76. 9 A, R. S. I. E., 1919, No. 109. p. 12.