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JAINISM IN SOUTH INDIA
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The village contains at present neither a Jaina temple nor any followers of the faith. But some mutilated and scattered relics of the faith were discovered here in the course of my exploration. The impression gathered from these vestiges, that this locality had at one time come under the influence of the Jaina doctrine, is substantially supported by the testimony of this epigraph.
TEXT Srimat-parama-gambhira...... .........Jinaśāsanaṁ 11[1*1
...........tamna māļi..................paņa poladola........................ mādi bittaru ma 10 kisu-ma 2......
..................kelage gadde kamma............ D =i-dharmmamaṁ pratipālisidavargge Vāraņāsi Kurukshētra Prayāgey = emba...... ......kațţisi chaturvvēda-śāstraparāyaṇar = appa Brāhmaṇargge koţța puņyam=idanu laṁghisi kițisidavargg =ākaļugalan = ā-Brāhmaṇaruman=ā-tirthagaloļu koṁda pātakam= eydugum u Dvija............d=õtpaļavana-rajanikara............jana-tushţikaraṁ vrijina.........sujan-āgraņi...... 1 = ene mechchada... ! [2*]
ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS Verse 1. May the doctrine of Lord Jina be victorious— the doctrine which is the commandment of the overlord of the three worlds and which
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made a gift of ten mattars of cultivable land and two mattars of red land...... and wet land below, measuring kamma ... ... ... in the field ............
Those who preserve this charitable endowment will accrue great merit; its transgressors will incur heavy sin.
Verse 2. Who will not appreciate ...... the moon to the bed of blue lotuses,.............. source of joy to the persons ...... the foremost among the men of righteous conduct?
