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STATE AID TO JAINISM
307 that General Irugappa served under king Deva Rāya II is further proved by a stone inscription of A.D. 1442 in which that Jaina Commander is described to be the viceroy of Gove (Goa) along with Candragutti. This damaged record mentions an attack on Banavasi by Mallalegade Bamma Gauda, and the success that attended the arms of the loyal citizens. 1
Thus we find that General Irugappa's record as a trusted general, a clever engineer, and a successful viceroy lasted over a period of fifty-nine years (A.D. 1383-A.D. 1442). No Jaina statesman, it may not be too much to say, in the history of southern India had such a long period of approved State service to his credit as General Irugappa.
His elder brother General Baicappa was also a devout Jaina. The śravana Belgola record dated A.D. 1422 calls him Bhavyāgrani (Leader of the Bhavyas). And along with his younger brother he was reckoned to be “a purifier of the path of the dharma” (pavitriksta-dharma-mārggan).2 In about A.D. 1420 Baica Daņņāyaka was the Mahapradhāna of king Deva Rāya II. It was while he was working in this capacity that he carried out the royal order and provided a vítti for the worship of Gummațasvāmi of Belgoļa, granting the village of Beļame, as already related above.3
Some of General Irugappa's colleagues were also Jainas, Thus we have in about A.D. 1400 the Brahman Kūci Rāja, who was the disciple of Candrakiritideva. This Jaina has already figured in our description of Kopaņa.4
1. E. C. II., VI. Sb. 498, p. 82. 2. Ibid. II. 253, p. 108, text, p. 110. 3. Ibid. V. Mj. 58, op. cit. 4. Ibid, IV. Ch. 151, 152, op. cit.
| SR No. | 011082 |
| Book Title | Medieval Jainism |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Bhasker Anand Saletore |
| Publisher | Karnataka Publishing House |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 448 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 27 MB |