Sambodhi 2002 Vol 25

Author(s): Jitendra B Shah, N M Kansara
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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DR. HAMPA. NAGARAJAIAH
SAMBODHI
history repeated and it was Bijjana who turned the tables to cease the throne, and declare himself independent as the emperor of newly initiated Kalucuri monarchy. Recaņa established Bijjana on the throne and helped himn secure prosperity of the seven constituent elements of a king, by his might, stratagem and secret consultations. Thus Recana stretched his trunk-like strong arms so that Kalacurya-Rājyalate, the creeper of Kalacurya kingdom, could spread to flourish. [EC. VII-i (BLR) Shikaripura 197, C. E. 1180, Cikkaināgadi).
Recana founded Jaina sanctuaries and monasteries at Lakkundi, Arasikere and Jinanāthapura, and patronized poet Acaņa to author Vardhamāna Purāna, a poem of 16 cantos in Kannada language.
There are ample epigraphical, archaeological and literary evidences to show that Jainism was widespread during this epoch. 1. Rambhadevi, ardhānga-laksmi of Bijjana, renovated the dilapidated Jaina
temple at Malakavate olim Malavitige in the Mandubbe-30 Kampana of Anandur-300 subdivision, in C. E. 1166. [Inscriptions from Solapur District,
No. 17, C. E. 1166, Māļakavațe (Maharashtra : Solapur Dt and Tk)] 2. She also endowed the Jaina temple at Kandalagaon in south Solapur Tk
(ibid, No. 18, C. E. 1166]. 3. Keśavadeva, who had the title of 'guna-nidhi', 'treasure-trove of virtues',
donated gold to the Jaina shrine called 'Balleya Jemayyana Basadi'at
Lakkundi in 1173 (SII. vol. XV. No. 119, C. E. 1173] 4. An inscription composed by Hittina Senabova, a bard who had the epithet of
'Anupama kavi Kalidasa', records the endowments of land etc., extended to
the Jaina shrine at Cikka Handigola, in C. E. 1174 (ibid., No. 128). 5. Kopparasa, Lord of Adakki and general of Rāyamurāri Sovideva, the
Kalacuri king, made over several gifts to Cenna Pārsvadeva's angaboga, Astavidharcane, Jivadayā -Astami and festival days of Nandīśvara in C. E.
1165 (Kalburgi Jilleya Śāsanagalu, Ādaki No. 3, C. E. 1165]. 6. The Five Hundred of Ayyāvale granted gifts to perform Astavidhārcane in
the Senior temple, also known as Tirthada Basadi, dedicated to Goddess Padmāvati Mahādevī of Ādakki, important seat of Jainism, in the reign of Rāyamurāri Sovideva (ibid, No. 4. C. E. 1165].