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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ROYAL BENEVOLENCE
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understand the part played by the Jaina guru. Rice wrote that the name Poysala occurred in a record of A.D. 1006 at Kaliur, on the opposite side of the river to Talakad.1 But the late Mr. Narasimhacarya discovered a stone inscription at Hosahalli near Marale, Chikamagaļūr tāluka, of the time of the Nolamba king Anniga. In this undated record it is related that Arakella's son, distinguished by the title Sāmanta Rāma and Nanni Kandarpa, and his grandson Poysalamäruga, fought with Anniga at Sirivura and fell, at which a certain Gāvuṇḍa (named) by order of Arakella (with titles) attacked Aņņiga Mahārāja but also fell. Then Arakella gave a grant to the relatives of the Gavuṇḍa.
The late Mr. Narasimhacarya identified Arakella mentioned above with Sri Arakella spoken of in a damaged record found also at Morale,2 and Anniga, with Anniga, Bīra Nolamba, the eldest son of Ayyappa; and rightly said that the above Hosahalli record may be dated to circa A.D. 950.3 Dr. Krishna while re-editing the Hosahalli record, confirms the date given to it by Mr. Narasimhacharya.4
Are we to identify Poysalamäruga mentioned above with Poysala, the founder of the Hoysala House? The answer is in the negative, but this does not mean that we have to discredit the account of Sudatta Vardhamana and Poysala."
1. Rice, My. & Coorg., p. 95; E. C. III. Tn. 44. E. C. VI. Ck. 138, p. 221.
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3. M. A. R. for 1916 pp. 46-51.
4. Ibid. for 1932, p. 201.
5. This error is committed by Mr. Hayavadana Rao who calls Sala "the mythical founder of the Hoysala dynasty. As Romulus was to the Romans, so was Sala to the Hoysalas." He styles Sala "the eponymous hero Sala." And he confounds Poysala who fought against General Aprameya with "certain Poysala leaders." Mysore Gazetteer, II, P. II, pp. 1312-1313.