The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c6.16

c6.16

¹ The size most certainly also determined the measures of the three giant figures representing Bharaha's younger brother Bāhubali. Acc. to the legend Bh. himself raised a statue to him with B. measuring 325 dhanu. He is often called Kāmadeva among other names, and acc. to M. GOVIND PAL IHQ 4, 270-286, the Kanarese name of Gommaṭa, by the mediation of the Konkani, stems from the synonymous word Manmatha. The most ancient, largest and most famous of the three statues (57 ft high) was raised about 980 A D. by Cāmuṇḍa Rāya—Gommaṭa Rāya near Sravana Belgola in Mysore, a second, dated Śaka 1353, near Karkala, and a third, dated 1525 by Śaka, near Yenur (Venur), both places in South-Kanara. Comp. PAL ibd. ; VENKATASUBBIAH IHQ 6, 290-309 ; early reports by MACKENZIE IA 2, 129-133; BURNELL ibd. 353-357.