Jaina Bibliography Part 1

SR No.: 016035
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A N Upadhye
Publisher: Veer Seva Mandir Trust
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 1070
Language: English
Classification: Dictionary & Dictionary
File Size: 17 MB

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supposed to represent scenes from the lives of the sruta-Kevali Bhadrabāhu and the Maurya Emperor Chandragupta.
P. 283.
Santiśvara basti Nittur, 1150 A, D.: the navaranga has beautiful carved ceilings.
Pārsvanātha Basti, Heggere, 1100 A, D.: a fine specimen of Hoysala architecture; description given. (E. C. IV, Chikanayakanhalli 21).
P. 284.
Mahānavami Mantapa, Śravaņa Belgo!a, 1176 A. D. : of the time of Ballala II; and epitaph of Jaina teacher Nayakirti, who died in A. d. 1176 (Sr. Bel. No. 66).
Pp. 284-85. Ballala II. Akkana Basti, Sravana Belgola 1181 A. D. : description
and histoty given; built in 1181 by a Jain lady Achiyakka, wife of Chandramauli, the Brahman minister of the Hoysala king Ballala II.
Pp. 285-86. śāntinātha Basti, Magudi. 1182 A. D. : description and history of
the shrine and the image given; built by Sankara Samanti, the general of the ruling Hoysala king, Ballala II.
P. 286.
śāntinātha Basti, Śravaņa Belgoļa, 1200 A. D., a fine example of Hoysala style; on the outer walls are images of Jinas, Yakshas and Yokshis. Lofty Jain image, Basti Hoskote, cir. 1200 A. D.
P. 287.
Brhmadeva Pillar, Kambadahalli Basti, cir. 1200 A. D. : 50 feet high, loftiest in the state; on the top a seated figure of Brahma.
Ballala III. Mangayi Basti, Sravaņa Beļgo!a, 1325 A.D. : built in 1325 A, D. by Mangayi of Belgoļa, a crest jewel of royal dancing girls, and a disciple of Abhinava Charukirti Panditāchārya. Jain tombs Silakūtas at Jinanäthapura, 1213 A, D. : Sravaņa Belgoļa; an inscribed tomb, generally known as samadhi menţapa, but designated silakūta, commemorates the death in 1213 A. D. of Balachandra Deva's son, a disciple of the royal guru Nemichandra Pandita of Belįkumba; (E. C. II, Sr. Bel. No. 389), another tomb of ascetic Chārukīrti Pandita, who died in 1643 (E. C. 31 Sr. Bel. No. 362).