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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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Marula Deva or Punuseya--Ganga or Kaliyuga-Bhima (contemporary of Rāshtrakūta Krishna III, Butuga's son. He was a devout Jain and possessed exceptional skill in politics and was of a religious turn of mind. He died without accending the throne.
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Mārasimha III (961-974 A. D); Marula Deva's younger brother Marasimha III, succeeded his father on the Ganga throne. He was the donor of the Küdlür plates to a great Jain scholar. It is dated in Saka 884 or A. D. 962. Of him a long account in E. C. 11, new Edi. No. 59, old Edn. 38) both of his achievements and his death in 974 A. D. He maintained the doctrine of Jina and erected basadis and mānastambhas at various places. He relinquished the sovereignty, and keeping the vow of all khana for three days in the presence of Ajitabhatýäraka, died at Bankapur in 974. His various achievements described. The Räshtraküța king Krishna III (better known as Akälavarsha III) crowned him king of Gangavadi. Mārasimha's other names were Guttiya Ganga and Nolambantaka. Sri-Mārasimha did good to the cattle. The Ganga kingdom, during his reign, extended as far as the Krishņā and included the Nolambavadi 32,000, the Gangavadi 96,000, the Banaväsi 12,000, the Santalige 1,000, and other provinces (E. I. IV, 352).
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Chāmunda Rāya, the minister and general of Rāchamalla IV. He was one of the greatest ministers known to Ganga history. In the Jain religion his name stands high and is referred to in several inscriptions as merely Rāya. The story of his achievements and pious deeds is told in a few inscriptions found in Śravaņı Belgoļa and in a work of his own. He belonged to the Brahma-Kshatra race. He had many titles, a list of them is given in Chā nunda Raya Purana (978 A. D.). His sacred erections at Śravaņa Be! 30ļa are Chāmunda Rāya-basti and the colossal image of Gommateśvara, about 983 A. D. He was a devout Jain and his guru was Ahitasena, the same great saint at Bankäpur before whom Mārashimha III performed sallekhanā. Rachamalla IV, during whose reign the Gommateśvara image was completed, is as much connected with it as that of his minister, Chamundarāya. Châmunda Rāya's son, Jinadevana built a temple at Sravana Belgola (Srav. Bel. No. 121).