JAINISM IN SOUTHERN KARNATAKA

||trnam brahmavidah svargastrnam shurasya jivitam||

||jitakshayasya trna nari nihsprhasya trnam jagat||

 

Learned friends,

Jaya Jinendra

 

JAINISM IN SOUTHERN KARNATAKA (English) Upton 1565 AD
By Dr. Shakuntala Prakash Chavan

Foreword by B D Kane

2005     220 x 145 mm     324 pp + 16 colour plates

Deluxe hardcover edition     Rs. 580

 

This brand new work traces the development of Jainism in South Karnataka from its emergence in this region, 4th century CE to 1565 CE.

Dr Shakuntala Chavan has examined various inscriptions, mss, literary works and monuments. She has reconstructed the historical events that came to pass and how they shaped the development of Jainism in this region.

 

Jainism is represented very strongly in well-organised centres such as Shravanabelagola, Mudabidri, Karkal, Venur  and Humcha.

 

Chavan traces the evolution and history of these centres, and the bhattaraka tradition which has ensured the safety and continued well being of these centres of Jainism in South Karnataka.

 

She studies the unique contributions of the bhattaraka tradition, their scholarship, their role in preserving the Digambara scriptures given up as lost in the North.

 

She studies the history of region keeping in the context of the unique topography of Karnataka and how it played a key role in Jainism taking root in this area.

 

She has also presented a scholarly account of Jain religion and philosophy, the teachings of Mahavira, the role of Tirthankaras in Jainism, and the unique religious, ethical, linguistic, cultural, political and anthropological impact of Jainism on medieval India, especially on medieval Karnataka.

 

Chavan does not fail to appreciate the contribution made by various Jain scholars from the medieval to the modern era.

 

All in all, this is a brilliantly written book, well thought out, well planned and deeply researched. The colour pictures are beautiful and add value to the work.

 

A must for students of Jainism, Indology, religion, culture, anthropology and Indian history.

 

Dr. Chavan is Head, Department of History at Kolhapur. She specialises in the history of South Karnataka, as is evident.

 

The Contents

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Foreword - B.D. Khane

Preface

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Map of Jain Sacred Places in Karnataka

Transliteration Chart

 

INTRODUCTION

 

SRAVANABELAGOLA AS A JAIN CENTRE (FIRST PHASE)

 

RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SRAVANABELAGOLA AS A JAIN CENTRE AFTER 981 AD (SECOND PHASE)

 

HUMCHA: THE CAPITAL OF SANTARA DYNASTY AND A SEAT OF GODDESS PADMAVATI

 

RISE OF JAIN CENTRES IN SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT: KARKAL, MUDABIDRI AND VENUR

 

BHATTARAKA AND JAINISM IN SOUTH KARNATAKA: SRAVANABELAGOLA, HUMCHA, MUDABIDRI AND KARKALA

 

EPILOGUE

 

Glossary

Appendices

Bibliography

Plates

Index

 

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