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ANDHRA KARNĀTA JAINISM.
CHAPTER I. THE EVIDENCE OF TRADITION. (Local Records in the Madras Museum.)
The fascination of the subject (a) Antiquity, (6) Disguise, (c) Represents struggle and achievement of a spiritual nature-Jaina and Upanishadic methods of spiritual culture-The Nandyāla tradition showing Jain. ism in relatiort to worldly realism, the progress of arts and sciences--Jaina fantasticism and neighbouring Vaidica Dharma-Kurimari and Pasapula traditionJaina village organisation (a) Pallis, (6) Bastis–Jaina bastis-Disguised Jaina foundations : Pedagadela, Tadinagurapupadu-Jaina liberalism in relation to Vaidica Dharma-Warrangal, Rāmathirtham, Siddhavattam, Tenali _The beginnings of the decline of Jaina influence in the Andhra dēsa-Rāja Rāja Narēndra of Rajah. mundry and his ancestors—The leaders of the Revival in the Andhra désa : The Kotas of Amaravati, The Parichchēdi-Pūsapātis of Bezwada and the Kakatiyas of Warrangal—The progress of revivalist antagonism to Jainism even in border districts of Andhra-Karnāta dēsa like Warrangal The kindlier treatment of Jainism in the Karnāta dēsa proper—The problem suggested --Materials for an answer.
Jainism in the Andhra-Karnāta dēsa is a Antiquity. fascinating subject of investigation. It has a fascination all its own. Chronologically, it helps to fill in the gap between the Fall of Satavahana power in the Deccan and the Rise of the Chalukyas, the Gangas, and the ParichchēdiPūsapātis of East Deccan definitely committed
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