Jain Bibliography

SR No.: 011050
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Chhotelal Jain
Publisher: Bharti Jain Parisad
Publication Year: 1945
Total Pages: 397
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 13 MB

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EPIGRAPHY & NUMISMATICS
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P. 99-101. Bițți Deva-exchanging Jain faith with Vişņu and calling
himself Vişnuvardhana. His first wife Santala Devi and his General Hulla were some of the foremost upholders of
Jainism. P. 106. Narasimha III (Hoysala) visited Vijaya Parsva temple at
Halebid, and read his genealogy P. 113-114. Bukka Rāya-his reconciliation of the Jains and the
Vaisnavas, the latter persecuting the former. P. 138. Jinadatta, founder of the Santara Kingdom ; Jain goddess.
bestowed on him the power to transmute iron into gold. The rulers of this line eventually became Lingāyatis, but
had Jain wives. . P. 141-142. The Changalvas first met with in Jain inscriptions at
Panasoge or Hanasoge. Rāma (son of Dasaratha, brother of Lakshmaņa and husband of Sītā) erected 64 basadis at Panasoge. Jain priests of the Hottage (or Pustaka) gachcha claim Jurisdiction over these basadis and at Tale-Kaveri (in Coorg). One of the basadis set up by Ráma had been endowed by the Gangas and was rebuilt by King Nanni
Changalva. P. 145. The Kongalva Kings were Jains; Grants by Sugani Devi
(Kongalva) to basadis at Mullur (in Coorg). P. 146. Punnata, an ancient Kingdom and Jain migration. P. 148. The Senavaras were Jains; their inscription in West Kadur
district. P. 152. The Saluvas (or Salvas) originally Jains. Sangitapura
(Haduvalli). P. 168. Priests played prominent part' in political affairs and their
advice ever deemed of importance. Megasthenes says of the Sarmanes (the Jain śramaņas) who live in the woods that kings consult them regarding the causes of things. In the second century A.D. the Tain Acharya Simhanandi made the Ganga Kingdom. In the eleventh century a Jain Yati put the Hoysalas in possession of their Kingdom.