Jainism in South India and Some Jaina Epigraphs

SR No.: 011025
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: P B Desai
Publisher: Jain Sanskruti Samrakshak Sangh Solapur
Publication Year: 1957
Total Pages: 495
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 33 MB

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JAINISM IN SOUTH INDIA
48 shta-vidh-ārchchanegam Jivaday-āshtami Namdiśvarad - ashtami samkramana-graha
49 ņ-ādi parvva-dinada mahā-pūjegalge( gam) khamda-sphuţitajīrṇn-o
50 ddhārakkaṁ kotta keyi padura-volad = elavada hāla kāla-mattaru 51 nālvattaydu [1* 7 bhatta-gēriya dāriyim paduvana kēdage-tomța 52 kāla-mattaru 2 [1*] mattam Mahājana-pramukhav-āgi53 y=Ubhaya-Nānādēsiya Mummuridamdavum Stha54 la-mukhyav-āgi Chaitra-Pavitra-parvva-nimittav-āgi 55 ash tavidh-ārchchaneya püjege bitta āya si56 reya hasubege belliya hāga allav-arisina 57 hörimge belliya hāga i bhattada hēriņge sõļa58 sa 2 [1* ] ettu katte kõnana hörige meņasu so I a59 dake 10 [1*] eleya hēriņge ele 25 [*] aṁgudiya bha60 ttada sauţu i gāņadalu enneya sautu i intri61 risa ( sid=ā) yav =ā-chumdr-ārkka-sthāyi-varaṁ sthiram jiyāt @
62 Sva-datta (ā)ṁ para-datta (ã)m vã yö harēti vasundharā [ņ*] shashth(t)i
63 varsha-sahasrāņi visht(th)āyāṁ jāyatē kri (ri)mi[h*] @[10*] 64 Svasti [.* ] Samasta-pras (s) asti-sahitam Sri65 matu Rāi-settiyu bițța kei 66 matta svataladara tötadim bada67 ga . . . . . . . . . . 68-70 damaged and worn out.
ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS Verse 1. Hail! May it confer prosperity on all its faithful followers --the highly praised Ordinance of Lord Jina whose feet are washed by the water which is the assemblage of rays shooting from the diadems on the crests of all the gods and demons.
Verse 2. In the midst of the lake which are the oceans, rests the earth like a lotus. The mountain Mandara resembles its pericarp. To the south of the Mandara lies the shining Bharatakshētra.
Verses 3-6. Genealogical account of the Chālukya monarchs who ruled successively in the Bharataksbētra, commencing with Tailapa (II) who restored the Chalukya sovereignty having overthrown the Rāshtrakumāras (i. e., Rāshțrakūtas), down to Somēśvara (III)."
Lines 20-24. The illustrious monarch Bhūlākamalladēva (i. e., Sõmēsvara III) who is an ornament of the Chālukya race and bears the
1 See the genealogical account on p. 211 above,