Medieval Jainism

SR No.: 011082
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhasker Anand Saletore
Publisher: Karnataka Publishing House
Total Pages: 448
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 27 MB

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PRINCELY PATRONAGE Haravari to his guru Kanakanandideva.1 His brother Nanni Säntara is said in A.D. 1077 to be "a worshipper of the feet of Jina." 2 We shall mention the charitable endowments which this prince made along with his wife and relatives, in a later context.
In the meanwhile we may continue with the examples of other Säntara princes and their ministers who were followers of the Jina dharma. In A.D. 1081 Nagularasa, the minister of Vīra Sāntara, is described as "a fortress to the Jina dharma." 3 Tribuvanamalla śāntara, as is related in a record of A.D. 1103, laid the foundation stone of a basadi pronouncing the name of Vādigharațța Ajitasena Paņạita, as a memorial for the death of Bīrabbarasi. This new basadi was built opposite to the Pañcabasadi in Anandur in the capital Pombucca itself. It will be referred to again while dealing with the activities of Karnātaka women.4 Bhujabala Ganga Permmāļi Barmma Deva in A.D. 1115 is said to have been the lay disciple of Municandra.5 And his son Nanniya Ganga in A.D. 1122 is styled as the lay disciple of Prabhācandra Siddhānta.8
This latter stone inscription found near the Siddheśvara temple on Kallūrgudda in Shimoga, contains many interesting details about Bhujabala Ganga Barmma Deva's pious works as a Jaina. He had a basadi renovated in Ededore Seventy
1. E. C., VIII, Nr. 35, p. 137. 2. Ibid., Nr. 59, p. 154. 3. M. A. for 1931, pp. 198-199. 4. E. C. VIII, TI. 192, p. 205.
5. Ibid., VII, Sh. 60, p. 23. See also Sh. 64, dated circa A. D. 1112, p. 25.
6. Ibid., Sh. 4, p. 8. There is some confusion here. In some records (Sh. 60) Municandra Siddhānta is identified with Prabhācandra, while in others, he is not.