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Use of natural caverns as temporary rest-houses or places of monastic learning or worship by Jain mendicants.
Natural caverns used not only by Jain saints but also by laymen twelve hundred years ago.
P. 62. Probable existence of a Jain temple at Tirunagesvaram.
P. 78. Irugapa-Dannayaka of the Parnapalle inscription, identical with Iruga or Irugapa-Dandanātha, the Jain minister of Bukka II.
P. 79. Saluva king Bijjala and his observance of the rules prescribed by Jina-Identity of this Bijjala with the Kalachurya Bijjala, a follower of the Jain faith.
195 (VII) Report, do, 1912-13. P. 12. Jain temples, Janti Agraharam, Vizagapatam. P. 67. STONE INSCRIPTIONS COPIED IN 1912 :
(620). Inscription in Kanarese. On a stone at Biliur of the Western Ganga king Satyavākya Kongunivarmma-Dharmmamahárājādhirāja Parmananda, dated in śaka 8og and the 18th year; records gift of Biliur twelve (villages) to Sarvanandideva by the king, for the benefit of the Jain temple of Satyavākya-Jinālaya at Pennagadanga.
(622). Do, on a stone at Peggur of the Western Ganga king Rachamalla Parmanandi dated in Saka 899, Iśvara, refers to Rakkasa ruling Beddora-gare and to the gift of the villages Pergadur and Posavadage to Anantaviryyayya, a pupil of Guņasena-Pandita-Bhattāraka who was the pupil of Birasenasiddhantadeva, a resident of Belgoļa.
P. 68. (626). Do, on a stone at Añjanagiri dated in Saka 1466, Krodhi, registers that Santikirtideva, a contemporary of Abhinavachárukirtipanditadeva of Belugula built of stone the wooden basadi which had been constructed on the top of the Anjanagiri hill for the saints Såtitirtheśvara and Anantanätha.
(629). Do, on a stone west of the Părśvanātha basti at Mullur, dated in saka 986, Krodhi; mentions the death of Gunasena Panditadeva.
(630). Do, on a second stone at the same place, of the Kongalva king Rajendra-Kongalva, dated in saka 980, Vilambi, records gift of
| SR No. | 011050 |
| Book Title | Jain Bibliography |
| 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 |