Jaina Bibliography Part 1

SR No.: 016035
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A N Upadhye
Publisher: Veer Seva Mandir Trust
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 1070
Language: English
Classification: Dictionary & Dictionary
File Size: 17 MB

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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
769 Cahamanas was founded by the prince Lakşmana, belonging to the family of Śakambhari.
Inscription A: Inscription in Sanskrit, discovered at Nadol, and dated Samvat 1218 (1161 A.D.). It recalls the gift, by the prince Alhanadeva, of a sum of money, to the temple of Mahāvira, founded at Nadol and belonging to the Sanderaka gaccha. Text and analysis.
Inscription B: Arising from Nadol. In Sanskrit. Date : Samvat 1218. Gift, by Kirtipäla, son of Alhanadeva, of a sum of money to the temple of Mahāvira built in the village of Naddulai. Text and analysis.
Inscription C: Inscription in Sanskrit found on the mount Sundhā, to the north of Jaswantapur, in Rajputana. Date : Samvat 1319 (1262 A.D.). This inscription was composed by Jayamangala, belonging to the Brihad gaccha, and disciple of Rāmachandra, hisself disciple of Devächārya. It commemorates diverse pious works of the prince Cacigadeva, whose genealogy has been traced back since the founder of the dynasty Lakşmaņa. Text and analysis.
Inscription D: Sivaite inscription in the temple of Achaleśvara on the mount Abü.
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F. KIELHORN. Mount Abü Vimla temple inscription of (Vikrama) Samvat 1378. (Epigraphia Indica, Vol. IX, No. 18). Calcutta, 1907.
Facsimile, text and analysis of an inscription in Sanskrit, engraved on stone in the said temple of Vimala, on the mount Abu.
This inscription recalls that the temple in question was constructed in honour of Risabha (Adinātha), in Samvat 1088 by Vimala, minister of the King Chālukya Bhimadeva Ist.
In Samvat 1378, the 9th day of the dark fortnight of Jaistha (10 mai 1322 A.D.), this temple was restored by Lāllā (Laliga) and Vijada, who belonged to an ancient family of pious laic adepts. The dedication was accomplished by Jinachandrasüri, successor of Amaraprabhasūri, in the line of masters founded by Dharmasūri, who bore still the name of Dharmaghoșa and was victorious of Vādichandra and of Guņachandra.