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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JAINA FRIGRAPHS: PART III
5 lyāṇakirtti kirttige nōntam [ 1*]Ō gahanamo niri[ sidan = u ]ttumgal dri lya mege Simhaṇandyacharyyam bandimgiņi-mara
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6 nam-geydoḍasamgade Kalyāṇakīrtti Jinasasanamaṁ [2] Modalimdimtalavatta Desiga-gana-Sri Kondakundanval y-a]
7 spadam- acharyyar avāryya-viryyar anagha[ r*] Chandrāyaṇādhīsar of pp-o jdav-ild=ant avarim balikke palarum
8 karma-kshayam-geydar avudan = embem ba ikitta sanda Ravichandracharyyarind = ōliyol [ 3*] Guna
9 sagara-munipatiga! Gunachandra-munindrar Abhayanandi-munindrar = ggana-dipakar enisida Maghanandigal nega dar-i-ba[ li ]-kra
10 madindam [u] [ 4*] Kadu-tapam = ingini-marapadol oḍalam tave nōntu Simhanandyacharyyar mudipid-edeyol bedemgam padedire maḍisi Jinendrachaityalayamam [ 5 *]
11 Atisayade Santinathana pratishte( the )yam Bichchuku[ nde ]yol māḍi mahōnnata-dharınma käryyadim vasumatiyol galdar [ 11 6*]
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TRANSLATION
Lines 1-3. Hail! In the first year of the illustrious king Vikramāditya, His Holiness the illustrious Simhanandi attained the fulfilment of the vow of Voluntary Death which he practised for one month.
The illustrious brother Simhanandi, brother Matisagara Naralōkamitra and brother Brahmachari performed the funeral ceremony. Svamikumara was also there.
Verse 1. Kalyanakīrti of Nagadēva's Basadi deserves all praise in the matter-Kalyāṇakirti who had already distinguished himself having installed at Bichchukunde a unique image of Lord Jina, an object of adoration to the gods.
Verse 2. Oh how marvellous is the achievement of Kalyāņakirti, who set up this memorial record of Lord Jina in honour of the great teacher Simhanandi who repaired to the summit of this lofty mountain and attained his end under the vow of Voluntary Death renouncing everything.
Verses 3-4. In the Desiga gana formulated of yore and in the lineage of Kondakunda, resplendent were those early divines, unsurpassed in prowess, free from sins and adept in the practice of the vow of Chandrayana. Subsequently, a good many ascetics following their example destroyed the bondage of karma. How can I describe it in details? Afterwards, in their lineage adorned latterly by Ravichandracharya, the monks, Gunasagara, Gunachandra, Abhayanandi and Maghanandi, the illuminator of the order, distinguished themselves in succession.