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The
Chandraprabha basadi which is to the west of Shasanabasadi consists
of an open Garbagriha, a sukhanasi, a navaranga and a porch and
enshrines a seated figure of Chandraprabha, the eighth tirthankara.
In the sukhanasi are placed the images of Shyama and Jwalamalini,
the yaksha and yakshi of this Jina. The pedestal of Jwalamalini
shows a lion with two riders seated one behind the other, though the
usual cognizance is a bull. The imagers have no prabhavali and
appear to be earlier than the Hoysala period. The inscription on the
rock close to the outer wall of the navaranga states that a basadi
was built by Shivamara and it may be concluded from its paleography
that it refers to the Ganga king Shivamara II. If the basadi
referred to in the Chandraprabha basadi, this temple would be one of
the oldest on the hill and its date would be about 800 A.D. But the
temple appears to have been rebuilt at a much later date with brick
and mortar probably over the original plinth.
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