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
Subsequently, the inscription refers to the Mādēviya Piriya Basadi at Adakki. This indicates that the town of Adakki must have contained another big Jaina temple which was designated after Mādāvi or a 'great queen. Who this greut queen' was, we are not in a position to say. The inscription evidently belonged to this temple and after its destruction it must have been cast about and mutilated. I was not able to find out even the probable site where this distinguished temple stood at one time. Its ruin had been effected 80 completely.
Proceeding further, we get some clue regarding the object of the document. The expression ashțavidhārchane and the reference to the Five Hundred of Ayyāvale put together help us in reconstructing the context on the lines of inscription No. 11. The local representatives of this commercial corporation seem to have made a gift for the eight-fold worship, etc., of the deity in the Jaina temple spoken of before. Unfortunately, the name of the deity and all other details of the gift are completely lost.
TEXT .............. Maṁdalēśvara-vedunga...... ...............Sani vārasiddhi Giridurggamalla ...............nāmādi-samasta-prasasti-sahitam Rāya-Murāri Sõvidēvah sthiram Jiyāt ll ...........
Adakkiya Mādāviya Piriya basadiya............ ... ... ... ... ... ... ashțavidh-ūrchane............ .................. Srimad-Ayyāvaley-aynūrvvaru..................
A BSTRACT OF CONTENTS ............ the gallant among the feudatory chiefs ...........
May he live for ever-Rāya-Murāri Sövidēva, who bore all the distinctive epithets and titles, such as Sanivārasiddhi (master of Saturday victory), Giridurgamalla (wrestler of the hill forts ) ...........................
(The representatives of) the illustrious Five Hundred of Aygāvale (made a gift) for conducting the eightfold worship (of the deity) in the great Jaina temple of Mādēvi (or the great queen) at Ādakki.