Jain Inscriptions of Rajasthan

SR No.: 001596
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ramvallabh Somani
Publisher: Rajasthan Prakrit Bharti Sansthan Jaipur
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 350
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Art, & History
File Size: 17 MB

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(ii) In V.E. 1348 two shops were further87 donated by Shresthies Mandalik Mahan and others for arranging nechaks (flower garland) in the temple.
(iii) In V. E. 1343, Oswal87 Mahinal's wife Mahanadevi donated twenty Vishalpriya drammas for managing nechakas to Adinath Devakulika erected by the above family.
(iv) In V. E. 1346 thirty drammas89 were donated, the interest of which was to be utilised for the Kalyanika festivities.
Some more ancient sites in western Rajasthan have been reported having several Jain inscriptions. A detailed note on the inscriptions of Jaisalmer and Nakoda is being givens eparately.
Nagaur :
Nagaur also called Nagpur and Ahichhatrapur, was an important centre of Jainism, with many temples of both Digambars and Shvetambars. The colophon of the Dharmopadeshamala90 of V. E. 915 (858 A. D.) refers to a Jain temple named Narayan-Vasati of Nagaur. where the work was completed. It speaks of a large number of Jain temples in the area. An inscription dating V. E. 1066 records that a Shravaka'l (Jain householder) named Hari had an icon of Parshwanath installed there. During the Chauhan period, several Jain Acharyas visited this place to propogate their teachings. Initially it was a centre of the Chaitya-Vasi Jains. But due to the influence of Jinvallabh Suri and Jindatt Suri, it also became a centre of the activities of the Kharatargachchha. A Jain temple was built bere under the instructions of Jinvallabh Suri carrying an inscription to record the event. This inscription is now lost but it is referred to in an inscription of Chittor. After
87. ibid I No. 936 88. ibid II No. 1706. 89. ibid II No. 1707. 90. The colophon of Dharmopadeshumula verse 147 Jain Satya Prakash XII
p. 102. 91. Vinay Sagar No. 2.