Sumati Jnana

SR No.: 012067
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shivkant Dwivedi, Navneet Jain
Publisher: Shantisagar Chhani Granthamala
Publication Year: 2007
Total Pages: 468
Language: English, Hindi
Classification: Smruti_Granth & Articles
File Size: 14 MB

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Chhaprā Image Inscription of Chandella
king Parmarddideva (Samvat 1229)
Dr. S. K. Bajpai
A headless Tīrthankara image is found in Chhaprā village of Chhatarpur district. The village is situated about fifteen (15) kms. from Laundi, a tehsil headquarter of the district, and nine kms. from Chandla. The image is lying on the side of a big tank. The debris of a huge temple of the Chandella period is also found near to the tank.
The Tīrthankara image is made of black sand stone (Pl. 31.1). It is a headless image. The Tīrthankara is seated in padmāsana posture. His both hands are in dh srīvatsa symbol is carved on the mid of chest. The pedestal has no symbol of the Tīrthankara. But it has a two-lined inscription (Pl. 31.2). The reading of the inscription is as follows1. Om samvat 1229 jyestha sudi 13 shukla ||
vilāspura Śrīmat Paramarddideva rāje || Sravaspurānvame 2. sādhu Śrī Mādhunā nitya praṇamati ||
tasya putre Śrī sādhu Jiņachandra Udayachandra Padmachandra Devachandra || The characteristic of the script is Nagarī. Its language is Sanskrit.
The inscription is dated in the samvat 1229 on the 13th lunar day of the bright half of Jyestha. It corresponds to the 1172 AD. During this year, the Chandella king of Jejakabhukti Srimat Paramarddideva was ruling at Vilaspura. It also mentions to a saint Srī Mādhunā, resident of Sravaspura, who worships this Tīrthankara image daily. It records the names of Śrī Mādhuna's son Śrī Sādhu Jinachandra, Udayachandra, Padmachandra and Devachandra.
The geographical location of the place Vilāspura and Sravaspura is not known.
The present inscription mentions the names of the king Srimat Paramarddideva. He ruled over in the domain of the Chandella kingdom from 1165 AD to 1203 AD. According