Svasti

Author(s): Nalini Balbir
Publisher: K S Muddappa Smaraka Trust

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SVASTI - Essays in Honour of Prof. Hampa Nagarajaiah
Samtararu: Ondu Adhyayana, Siddhantakirti Granthamale, Hombuja Kshetra, 1997, 380+xx pages. [Historical description of the Samtara Royal dynasty who ruled as feudatories for a thousand years with Hombuja as their capital]
Vaḍḍārādhane mattu Janapada, Karnataka Janapada & Yakshagana Academy, Bangalore, 1997, xv+ 55 pages. [Deals with the folk elements found in the Vadḍārādhane].
Koppala Sasanagalu, Ratnatraya Prakashana, Mysore, 1998, 190 pages. [Contains 60 Kannada inscriptions discovered and edited by Hampana. These inscriptions belong to the period between the 8th century and 14th century]
Sasanagalalli Basadigalu, Ratnatraya Prakasana, Mysore, 1998, xii + viii + 32 pages. [Brief history of Jain temples as recorded in the inscriptions of Karnataka, from the 5th century onwards. Arhageha, Arhadayatana, Arhad Devayatana, Arhat Parameshthi Caityalaya, Cediya, Caityalaya, Jinageha, Jinanāthāvasa, Jinanilaya, Jinabhavana, Jinamandira, Tirtheśavāsam, Basadi Koyilvasadi etc., are the words used in inscriptions to denote a Jain temple].
Śāsanagalalli Jaina Tirthagalu, A. Samtirajasastry Trust, Bangalore, 1998, 76 pages. [Brief survey of Jaina Tīrthakṣetras recorded in the inscriptions of Karnataka] Yapaniya Samgha, Prasaramga, Kannada University, Hampi, 1999, viii+156 pages. [Description of the origin and development of the Yapanīya Samgha, a forgotten Jaina Sect which was active more in Karnataka between the 3rd and 12th c. of the current
era].
Vadḍārādhane: Samagra Adhyayana, CVG Publications, Bangalore, 1999, 400 pages. [Thesis submitted to Bangalore University and awarded PhD. A Comprehensive research on the dimensions of the Vaḍḍārādhane, or the Aradhanā Karṇāta tīkā of the early 9th century]
Akkana Basadi, Jaina Adhyana Samste, Sravanabelagola, 2000, 28 pages. [Narrates the architecture of Akkana Basadi, a magnificent Jaina temple built by a lady Aciyakka in 1181 CE at Sravanabelagola]
Căru Vasamta, Lakshmi Mudranalaya, Bangalore, 2003, 256 + xii pages. [A Khaṇḍakāvya (long poem) on the deeds of Carudatta, a romantic hero of the Jaina tradition, conceiving the theme as relevant to modern times].
Samskruti Isiri, Kannada Samskriti Department Publication, Bangalore, 2003, 54 + 58 pages. [A survey of the glory of Karnataka in all allied disciplines]
Penugonde: Jaina Kṣetra, P.P. Dharma Samsthe, Tumkur, 2004, 98 pages + 38 pages of illustrations. [Historical description of the Jaina pilgrimage site Penugonde in Andhra Pradesh]