Some Historical Jaina Kings and Heros

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

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ligious piety. Durgaraj approached King Amma with a request to bestow a village for this temple, which the king granted. ::
Likewise King Vimaladitya, who ascended to the Chalukyan throne in 1022 A.D., was a' disciple of the Traikala-yogi - siddhant Desiganacharya. He honoured his guru, when he visited the sacred place of Ramatirtham.3 • After an eclipse of 200 years, the Western Chalukyas appeared again under King Tailap Deva' whose crushing defeat inflicted on the Rashtrakutas in A.D. 973 practically brought the Rashtrakuta power to an end. 3 The Western Chalukyas also liked to show the same liberal attitude towards Jainism, which their predecessors and contemporary kings had shown. Kings Vinayaditya Satyashraya and Vijayaditya Satyashraya made grants for the Jain temples and honoured the Jain priest Udayadeva pandita, who was the member of the household of Shri Pujyapada. Vikrmaditya ll repaired a Jain temple and gave a grant in connection with it to a learned Jain of the name of Vijayapandita, who is represented to
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1. Indian Historical Quarterly, XI, pp. 40-42. 2. Ibid, 3. Rice, Mysore and Coorg from Inscriptions, p.72. 4. Indian Antiquary, XII, 112. -