Manyakheta
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| ?Malkhed (Manyakheta) Karnataka • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Gulbarga district |
Coordinates: Manyakheta (modern Malkhed) on the banks of Kagini River in Gulbarga district, Karnataka state was the capital of Rashtrakutas from (818- 982). It is 40 km from Gulbarga city. The capital was moved from Mayurkhandi in Bidar district to Manyakheta during the rule of Amoghavarsha I. After the fall of the Rashtrakutas, it remained the capital of their successors, the Kalyani Chalukyas or Western Chalukyas till about 1050 CE.
Malkhed is home to two ancient institutions.
- The Uttaradi Matha of the Dwaita School of philosophy of Madhvacharya. The remains of one of its most prominent saints, Sri Jayatirtha are buried in a Brindavana here. He was a commentator of the celebrated "Brahmasutra Bhashya" of Madhvacharya. For this commentary called Nyaya Sudha, he is popularly known as Teekacharya.
- The Jain Bhattaraka Math. The temple of Neminath (9 C. AD) . The pillars and walls of the temple are date back to 9 to 11 th C. The idols include tirthankaras, choubisi (24 tirthankaras), Nandishwar dvipa and idols of yakshi. There is a famous panchdhatu shrine with 96 images. In the same temple, there are other historical images.
The famous Mahapurana (Adipurana and Uttarapurana) was composed here by Acharya Jinasena and his pupil Gunabhadra in 9th century. Somodeva Suri’s Yasastilaka Champu was written here. The mathematics text Ganita Saara Sangraha was written here by Mahaviracharya.
The famous Apabhramsha poet Pushapadanta lived here.
[edit] References
- Dr. Suryanath U. Kamath (2001). A Concise History of Karnataka from pre-historic times to the present, Jupiter books, MCC, Bangalore (Reprinted 2002) OCLC: 7796041
