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him, that we come across the other celebrities of the age of king Jayasimha. The only source of information for this part of our narrative is the Pañcalingeśvara temple stone inscription found at Shikarpur, Mysore State. In this record dated A. D. 1036 king Jayasimha is said to be in the residence of Poṭṭalakere. It deals with the greatness of Vādi Rudraguna Lakuliśvara Pandita, head of the Pañcalinga matha of the Kālāmukha order in the city of Balligame in Banavase 12,000. This learned man is said to have "crossed over to the farthest shore of the ocean of logic and other sciences", "to speakers a Rudra", a wild fire to the great forest of speakers ", " a submarine fire to the Bauddha ocean, a thunderbolt to the Mimāmsaka mountain, a saw for cutting down the Lokayata great tree, a great kite to the Sankhya serpent", and an axe to the tree Advaita speakers."
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The renowned contemporaries whom this celebrated Kālāmukha scholar Lakuļiśvara Pandita defeated are next mentioned thus in the same reord. He is said to have been "a Trinetra in burning the Tripura Akalanka, displacer of Vädigharaṭṭa, a mill-stone to Madhava Bhatta, breaker of the pride of Jñānānanda, a fierce fire of dissolution to Viśvānala, a fire of the last day to Abhayacandra, a Sarabha to the lion Vādībha, (or to Vadībhasimha), sealer up of the mouth of Vadirāja, displacer of Ayavādi," and the sole able supporter of the Naiyayikas. Further down in the same epigraph Lakuliśvara Pandita is said to be a falling star to the Digambara speakers.1
Some of the Jaina celebrities whom the Kālāmukha teacher worsted may be identified. Of these the identity of
1. E. C. VII. Sk. 126, pp. 97-98.
| 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 |