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In this city the general Iruga caused to be built of fine stones a
temple of the blessed Kunthu, the Lord of Jinas.
Let there be
prosperity to the religion of Jina !"
The general Iruga or Irugapa, a Jaina by persuasion, was a minister of king Harihara II. He is credited with the authorship of the Sanskrit lexicon मानार्थरत्नमाला.
Within half a century after this beneficient foundation, another temple dedicated to पार्श्वनाथ, the twentythird तीर्थंकर, came into being in this capital through the catholic act of the king a II. The passage describing this transaction in another epigraph of 1426. A.D. at Vijayanagar18 runs as follows.
"The illustrious lord Devaraja who was famed both for wisdom and modesty, caused to be built in a street of the above-mentioned city in the a-gar amare a temple of stone, which gives delight to the good, which is a bridge of entire merit, to the blessed, the lord of Jains." 口
Reference:
1. Ep. Ind., Vol. XX, p. 72 f.
2. Ibid., Vol. XIII, p. 159.
3. The expression reads - सुपवत्त- विजय- चक्क कुमारी-पव्वते, For explanation see my. Jainism in south India, and some Jaina Epigraphs.
4. Ep. Carn. Vol. II. Ins. No. 1. The inscription has been roughly assigned to A.D. 600.
5. For a detailed discussion of their interesting problem and different views held by scholars. see. Jainism in South India, etc. (op. cit.), pp. 27 ff. and 93.
6. The question has been surveyed in all its aspects in my article ‘gefaure in afar, see the Journal of Indian History, Vol. XXXVI, Part II, August 1958.
7. Ind Ant., Vol. VII, p. 37.
8. Ep. Ind., Vol. VI, pp. 1 ff.
9. Ep. Cara Vol. II, No. 66.
10. Ibid., No. 67.
11. Ep. Carn., Vol. II, Sh. No. 127.
12. Ibid. Vol. VII (Part I), Sh. No. 64.
13. For details about the antiquities and importance of Kopana see
'Jainism in South India', etc. (op. cit.), pp. 200-206 & 338 ff.
14. Ep. Carn., Vol. II, No. 234.
15. प्राचीनलेखमाला, part III, p. 186.
16. Ep. Carn, Vol. II, No. 344.
17. South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. 1, No. 152.
18. Ibid., No. 153. This and the above record are in Sanskrit.
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