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THE JAINS IN THE DECCAN;
Samaya will continue to protect the Jain Darsana. The Vaishnavas cannot (be allowed to) look'upon the Jains as in a single respect different.” We cannot say that this order of Bukkarāya was implicitly obeyed by the quarrelling sectarians. One thing, however, seems to be certain. 'The support given to Jainism gave some stimulus to their activities. For, we find that the son of a general of Harihara II (1307 A.D.-1404 A.D.), as well as one Prince Uga, became converts to the Jain faith." Another inscription mentions that Dēvarāya II (1419 A.D.-1446 A.D.) built a stone temple of Arhat Parsvanātha in a struet of the pan suparë bazaar, at his residence in Vijayanagar. These incidents are sufficient evidence to prove that the ruling families of Vijayanagar not only patronised but some of them also professed the Jain faith.
1 South Indian Inscription, Nos. 152 & 53.
