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Shravanabelagola

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Shravanabelagola is a town located near Channarayapatna of Hassan district in the Indian state of Karnataka and is 144 km from Bangalore, the capital of the state. [1]

87 relations: Acharya (Jainism), Akkana Basadi, Shravanabelagola, Ambika (Jainism), Ashoka, Śrāvaka (Jainism), B. Lewis Rice, B.Cholenahalli, Shravanabelagola, Bahubali, Bangalore, Belur (town), Bhadrabahu, Bhattaraka, Chandragiri hill, Chandragupta basadi, Chandragupta Maurya, Chandraprabha, Channarayapatna, Chavundaraya, Chennai, Devanagari, Dharmasthala, Digambara, Epigraphia Carnatica, Gommateshwara statue, Halebidu (town), Hassan district, Hassan, Karnataka, Hindustan Times, Hirisave, Hoysala Empire, Indian Standard Time, Jain monasticism, Jainism, Jainism in Karnataka, Jwalamalini, Kannada people, Kantharajapura, Karkala, Karnataka, Karnataka State Department of Archaeology, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, List of Jain temples, Mahamastakabhisheka, Malkheda, Mangalore, Matha, Mumbai, Mysore, Narendra Modi, National Highway 75 (India), ..., Neminatha, Old Kannada, Padmavati (Jainism), Panchakuta Basadi, Kambadahalli, Parshvanatha, Popular Prakashan, Postal Index Number, Prakrit, Ram Nath Kovind, Rashtrakuta dynasty, Saffron, Sandalwood, Sanskrit, Sasalu, Mandya, Shantinatha, Shantinatha Basadi, Jinanathapura, Shivamara II, Shravana, Shravaneri, Solanum ferox, Suparshvanatha, Talakadu, The Hindu, The Indian Express, The Times of India, Tirtha (Jainism), Tirthankara, Turmeric, Tyagada Brahmadeva Pillar, Venur, Vermilion, Vijayanagara Empire, Vindhyagiri Hill, Wadiyar dynasty, Western Ganga dynasty, Yaksha, Yakshini. Expand index (37 more) »

Acharya (Jainism)

Āchārya means the Head of an order of ascetics.

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Akkana Basadi, Shravanabelagola

Akkana Basadi (lit, temple of the "elder sister", basadi is also pronounced basti) is a Jain temple built in 1181 A.D., during the rule of Hoysala empire King Veera Ballala II.

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Ambika (Jainism)

In Jainism, Ambika (अम्बिका, "Mother") or Ambika Devi (अम्बिका देवी "the Goddess-Mother") is the Yakṣi "dedicated attendant deity" or "protector goddess" of the 22nd Tirthankara, Neminatha.

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Ashoka

Ashoka (died 232 BCE), or Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from to 232 BCE.

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Śrāvaka (Jainism)

In Jainism, the word Śrāvaka is used to refer the Jain laity (householder).

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B. Lewis Rice

Benjamin Lewis Rice CIE (17 July 1837 – 10 July 1927), popularly known as B. L. Rice, was a British historian, archaeologist and educationist.

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B.Cholenahalli, Shravanabelagola

B.Cholenahalli is a small village in Hassan district of Karnataka state, Inda.

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Bahubali

Bahubali, a much revered figure among Jains, was the son of Rishabhanatha, the first tirthankara of Jainism, and the younger brother of Bharata Chakravartin.

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Bangalore

Bangalore, officially known as Bengaluru, is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka.

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Belur (town)

Belur, (is a Town Municipal Council and taluka in Hassan district in the state of Karnataka, India. The town is renowned for its Chennakeshava Temple, one of the finest examples of Hoysala workmanship.

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Bhadrabahu

Bhadrabahu was, according to the Digambara sect of Jainism, the last Shruta Kevalin (all knowing by hearsay, that is indirectly) in Jainism (the other sect, Śvētāmbara, believes the last Shruta Kevalin was Acharya Sthulabhadra, but was forbade by Bhadrabahu from disclosing it).

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Bhattaraka

A Bhaṭṭāraka (भट्टारक "holy one") heads traditional Digambara Jain institutions.

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Chandragiri hill

Chandragiri (ಚಂದ್ರಗಿರಿ) is one of the two hills in Shravanabelagola in the Indian state of Karnataka, the other one being Vindhyagiri.

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Chandragupta basadi

Chandragupta basadi (ಚಂದ್ರಗುಪ್ತ ಬಸದಿ) is one of the smaller basadis located on the Chandragiri Hill in Sravanabelagola in the Indian state of Karnataka.

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Chandragupta Maurya

Chandragupta Maurya (reign: 321–297 BCE) was the founder of the Maurya Empire in ancient India.

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Chandraprabha

In Jainism, Chandraprabha was the eighth Tirthankara of Avasarpini (present half cycle of time as per Jain cosmology).

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Channarayapatna

Channarayapatna is a town and taluka in Hassan district of Karnataka, India.

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Chavundaraya

Chavundraya or Chamundaraya (Kannada Cāmuṇḍarāya, Cāvuṇḍarāya, 940–989) was an Indian military commander, architect, poet and minister.

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Chennai

Chennai (formerly known as Madras or) is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Devanagari

Devanagari (देवनागरी,, a compound of "''deva''" देव and "''nāgarī''" नागरी; Hindi pronunciation), also called Nagari (Nāgarī, नागरी),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group,, page 83 is an abugida (alphasyllabary) used in India and Nepal.

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Dharmasthala

Dharmasthala is an Indian temple town on the banks of the Nethravathi River in the Belthangady taluk of the Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka, India.

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Digambara

Digambara ("sky-clad") is one of the two major schools of Jainism, the other being Śvētāmbara (white-clad).

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Epigraphia Carnatica

Epigraphia Carnatica is a set of books on epigraphy of the Old Mysore region of India, compiled by Benjamin Lewis Rice, the Director of the Mysore Archaeological Department.

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Gommateshwara statue

Gommateshwara Statue ಗೊಮ್ಮಟೇಶ್ವರ is a high monolithic statue located on Vindyagiri at Shravanbelagola in the Indian state of Karnataka.

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Halebidu (town)

Halebidu (IAST: Haḷēbīḍ, also Halebeedu or Halebid, literally "old capital, encampment") is a town located in Hassan District, Karnataka, India.

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Hassan district

Hassan is a district in Karnataka state, India.

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Hassan, Karnataka

Hassan is a town and the district headquarters of Hassan district in the Indian state of Karnataka.

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Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement of the period ("Hindustan" being a historical name for India).

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Hirisave

Hirisave is a village in the Hassan district of the state of Karnataka, India.

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Hoysala Empire

The Hoysala Empire was a Kannadiga power originating from the Indian subcontinent, that ruled most of the what is now Karnataka, India between the 10th and the 14th centuries.

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Indian Standard Time

Indian Standard Time (IST) is the time observed throughout India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30.

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Jain monasticism

Jain monasticism refers to the order of monks and nuns in the Jain community.

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Jainism

Jainism, traditionally known as Jain Dharma, is an ancient Indian religion.

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Jainism in Karnataka

Karnataka, a state in South India has a long association with Jainism, a religion which enjoyed patronage of major historic kingdoms in the state such as the Western Ganga, Kadamba and Chalukya dynasties and the Hoysala Empire.

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Jwalamalini

Jwalamalini or (ज्वालामालिनी,ಜ್ವಾಲಾಮಾಲಿನೀ) is the Yakshini (guardian spirit) of the Eighth Tirthankara, Shri Bhagwan Chandraprabhu in Jainism and was one of the most widely invoked Yakshinis in Karnataka during the early medieval period.

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Kannada people

The Kannada people known as the Kannadigas and Kannadigaru are the people who natively speak Kannada.

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Kantharajapura

Kantharajapura is a village in Hassan district of Karnataka state, India.

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Karkala

Karkala is a town and the headquarters of Karkala taluk in the Udupi district of Karnataka, India.

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Karnataka

Karnataka also known Kannada Nadu is a state in the south western region of India.

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Karnataka State Department of Archaeology

Karnataka State Department of Archaeology is a department of the Government of Karnataka which oversees archaeological exploration and maintenance of heritage sites in the state of Karnataka, India.

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Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV

Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV (Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar; 4 June 1884 – 3 August 1940) was the twenty-fourth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore, from 1894 until his death in 1940.

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List of Jain temples

Jain temples and tirtha (pilgrimage sites) are present throughout the Indian subcontinent, many of which were built several hundred years ago.

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Mahamastakabhisheka

The Mahamastakabhisheka (Grand Consecration/The Great Indian Festival), refers to the abhiṣheka (anointment) of the Jain images when held on a large scale.

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Malkheda

Malkheda, also known as Malkhed,Village code.

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Mangalore

Mangalore, officially known as Mangaluru, is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka.

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Matha

A matha (मठ, IAST) or mutt is a Sanskrit word that means "cloister, institute or college", and it also refers to a monastery in Hinduism.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Mysore

Mysore, officially Mysuru, is the third most populous city in the state of Karnataka, India.

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Narendra Modi

Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014.

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National Highway 75 (India)

National Highway 75 (NH 75) is a National Highway in India, passing through three states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu.

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Neminatha

Neminatha is the twenty-second Tirthankara (ford-maker) in Jainism.

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Old Kannada

Old Kannada or Halegannada (ಹಳೆಗನ್ನಡ) is the Kannada language which was transformed from the 5th century CE during the reign of the Kadambas of Banavasi (ancient royal dynasty of Karnataka 345−525 CE).

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Padmavati (Jainism)

Padmāvatī is the protective goddess or shasan devi of Parshvanatha, twenty-third Jain tirthankara complimenting Parshwa yaksha, the shasan dev.

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Panchakuta Basadi, Kambadahalli

Panchakuta Basadi (or Panchakoota Basadi) is a temple complex located in the Kambadahalli village of the Mandya district, Karnataka state, in southwestern India.

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Parshvanatha

Parshvanatha, also known as Parshva, was the 23rd of 24 Tirthankaras (ford-maker, teacher) of Jainism.

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Popular Prakashan

Popular Prakashan is an Indian independent publisher and bookseller founded in Bombay in 1924.

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Postal Index Number

A Postal Index Number or PIN or PIN code is a code in the post office numbering or post code system used by India Post, the Indian postal administration.

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Prakrit

The Prakrits (प्राकृत; pāuda; pāua) are any of several Middle Indo-Aryan languages formerly spoken in India.

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Ram Nath Kovind

Ram Nath Kovind (born 1 October 1945) is the 14th and current President of India, in office since 25 July 2017.

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Rashtrakuta dynasty

Rashtrakuta (IAST) was a royal dynasty ruling large parts of the Indian subcontinent between the sixth and 10th centuries.

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Saffron

Saffron (pronounced or) is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the "saffron crocus".

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Sandalwood

Sandalwood is a class of woods from trees in the genus Santalum.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

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Sasalu, Mandya

Sasalu is a small village in Mandya district of Karnataka state, India.

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Shantinatha

Shree Shantinatha was the sixteenth Jain Tirthankar of the present age (Avasarpini).

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Shantinatha Basadi, Jinanathapura

Shantinatha Basadi (or Shanteshvara basadi), a Jain temple dedicated to the sixteenth Tirthankar Shantinatha is located in the historically important temple town of Jinanathapura near Shravanabelagola (also spelt "Jainanathapura").

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Shivamara II

Shivamara II was the son of Sripurusha and ruled the Western Ganga Dynasty from 788 – 816 C.E. He was also a noted scholar in Kannada, Sanskrit and Prakrit.

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Shravana

Shravana is the 22nd nakshatra (Devanagari नक्षत्र) or lunar mansion as used in Hindu astronomy and astrology.

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Shravaneri

Shravaneri is a village in Hassan district of Karnataka state, India.

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Solanum ferox

Solanum ferox is a species of plant in the Solanaceae family.

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Suparshvanatha

Suparśvanātha (सुपर्श्वनाथ) was the seventh Jain Tīrthankara of the present age (avasarpini).

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Talakadu

Talakadu is a desert-like town on the left bank of the Kaveri river 45 km (28 miles) from Mysore and 133 km (82 miles) from Bangalore in Karnataka, India.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian daily newspaper, headquartered at Chennai.

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The Indian Express

The Indian Express is an English-language Indian daily newspaper.

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The Times of India

The Times of India (TOI) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Times Group.

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Tirtha (Jainism)

In Jainism, a tīrtha (तीर्थ "ford, a shallow part of a body of water that may be easily crossed") is used to refer both to pilgrimage sites as well as to the four sections of the sangha.

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Tirthankara

In Jainism, a tirthankara (Sanskrit:; English: literally a 'ford-maker') is a saviour and spiritual teacher of the dharma (righteous path).

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Turmeric

Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial flowering plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae.

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Tyagada Brahmadeva Pillar

The Tyagada Brahmadeva Pillar (or Chhagada Brahmadeva Pillar) is a decorated free standing pillar (lit, Stambha) commissioned by Chamundaraya, an important minister and commander in the Western Ganga kingdom, during the rule of King Marasimha II (963-975), Rachamalla IV (975-986) and Rachamalla V.Kamath (1980), p.45Sarma (1992), p.153 The pillar dates to around 983 C.E. and exists on the Vindyagiri hill (called Dodda Betta in local Kannada language) in the important Jain heritage town Shravanabelagola, in the Karnataka state, India.

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Venur

Venur or Venoor (ವೇಣೂರು) is a small village on the banks of the Phalguni river in Belthangady Taluk, Dakshina Kannada of Karnataka, India.

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Vermilion

Vermilion (sometimes spelled vermillion) is both a brilliant red or scarlet pigment originally made from the powdered mineral cinnabar and the name of the resulting color.

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Vijayanagara Empire

The Vijayanagara Empire (also called Karnata Empire, and the Kingdom of Bisnegar by the Portuguese) was based in the Deccan Plateau region in South India.

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Vindhyagiri Hill

Vindyagiri is one of the two hills in Shravanabelagola in the Indian state of Karnataka.

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Wadiyar dynasty

The Wadiyar (alternatively spelt Wodeyer or Odeyer) dynasty was a Hindu dynasty in Indian subcontinent that ruled the Kingdom of Mysore from 1399 to 1950, with a brief interruption in the late 1700s.

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Western Ganga dynasty

Western Ganga was an important ruling dynasty of ancient Karnataka in India which lasted from about 350 to 1000 CE.

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Yaksha

Yaksha (Sanskrit: यक्ष yakṣa, Tamil: யகன் yakan, இயக்கன் iyakan, Odia: ଯକ୍ଷ jôkhyô, Pali: yakkha) are a broad class of nature-spirits, usually benevolent, but sometimes mischievous and sexually aggressive or capricious caretakers of the natural treasures hidden in the earth and tree roots.

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Yakshini

Yakshini (also known as Yakshi; Yakkhini in Pali) are mythical beings of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain mythology.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shravanabelagola

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