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Jainism in Uttara Kannaďa Region Mūdabidre. A number of records belonging to the different chiefdoms of Uttara Kannada region have come to light in this place. One such record Hosabasti of Mūdabidre? 3 dated 1429 AD, after invoking Chandranātha Tīrthankara, informs that the Nagire Chief Bhairava Nāyaka covered the roof of the third Chaityagriha called Tribhuvana Chūdāmaņi basadi with copper. His wife Nāgaladēvi set up the Mānasthamba in front of this Chaityagriha and gave grants to the deity. In 1462 AD24, Chief Bhairavarasa made over 1000 mūde of paddy to the Tribhuvana Chūļāmaņi basadi for the purpose of daily rituals.
Similarly, the Padubidre25 (Dakshina Kannada district) record of 1573 AD informs that Chennabhairadēvi gave considerable financial assistance to Padmaladēvi for the purpose of construction of a Chaityālayam dedicated to Munīshvara Tīrthankara at Padubidre.
Just as the Chiefs of Nagire patronized Jainism, so also did the Chiefs of Hāduvalli Almost all inscriptions of these Chiefs commence with an invocation to Jina. Bhatkal continued to be an important Jaina center receiving the patronage of Hāļuvalli Chiefs. In 1549 AD, a record of Haduvalli Chief Chennarāja26 (this is probably a mistake for Chennadēvi Amma, who was then on the Sāļuva throne at Hāļuvalli (according to the other sources) refers to the construction of Chenna-Chaityālaya at Bhatkal. The image of Vīra-jina, i. e. Vardhamāna Mahāvīra, was installed in this Chaityālaya. The record is in poetic language and the stanzas are stated to have been composed by Vardhamāna-shakti (a woman?).
Another record of 1550 AD27 which is a composite record of several gifts, in the first part refers itself to the administration of Mahāmandalēshvara Chennādēvi Amma and states that she renewed the grants of tax free land, which had been previously given by the grandmother Vīra Mahadēvi, queen of Mahāmaņdalēshvara Gururāya Vodeya, to the Chavvisa Tīrthankara basadi for the conduct of worship and offerings at the basadi. She constructed it at Mudabhatakala. The same inscription record a gift of 10 mudes of rice for the feeding of the ascetics in the basadi in 1532 AD.
At least two inscriptions show that some Chiefs of Hāļuvalli fostered the cause of Jainism even beyond Uttara Kannada region. According to an inscription of Bidanur dated 1419 AD.28 Indagarasa Odeya of Sangītapura made provision for the anga-ranga, naivēdya. In the reign of Mahāmaņdalēsvara Indagarasa Odeya, a composite record of 1487 AD at Hogekere29 adverts to the construction a Chaityālaya at Hogekere. Padumaņa Setti the son of Bomma Setti, was responsible for this. An image of Pārsvanātha was set up in this Chaityālaya and land grants were made for the daily rituals.
An inscription from Siddāpura dated 1593 AD30 informs that the Kallappa Bhūpāla, the son of Mundanna Odeya, erected a basadi of Pārshvanātha Tīrthankara at Aisuru. He gave 24 gadyāṇas from Bijjeyahaļļi village and made a grant of land worth of 100-khanduga paddies. A grant of 63 gadyānas from the villages of Hāruguppa was also given for daily religious rituals to be performed at Eduvaņi Pārsvanātha basadi.
Ghantappa Odeya I, the son of Narasimha, built the town of Biligi at the bank of river
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