Some Historical Jaina Kings and Heros

Author(s): Kamtaprasad Jain
Publisher: Jain Mitra Mandal

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As a King, Amoghavarsha granted donations for Jain temples. In 860 A. D. while at his capital, he made a grant in favour of the Jaina teacher Devendral, The Arab writers portray him as a worshipper of Jina and one out of the four famous Kings of the world. A renowned king, a profound scholar and a pious follower of religion, king Amoghavarsha was a living ideal of Jain Ahimsa.
Krishna II was the son and successor of Amoghavarsha. He also was a devout Jain, and a brave Warrior and wise monarch. His preceptor was the Jain guru Gunabhadracaryä, who completed his "Uttarapurana" during his reign". Krshnaraj made a grant to a basadi at Mulgand". His court seems to have been a resort for Jain scholars. An interesting incident of his court is recorded in an inscription of 1129 A.D. It says that the Jain teacher Paravadimalla, who was” skilled in crores of chains of arguments, eloquent among the learned" and "doubtless a god" when asked his name by Krshnaraj, told him the following derivation of his name “The position other than the one taken up is para (the other), those who maintain it are paravadinah
1. Epigraphin India, Vol. VI, p. 29. 2. Saletore, Mediaeval Jainism. pp. 38-39 & Altekar.
loc. cit. p. 409 3. Altekar, ibid, p. 312.