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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copied out there. Most of them are of Digambar faith. Some Shvetambar MSS. copied here are also noticed by Shri Nahataji. There are seven Digambar and a few Shvetambar Jain temples and a Nashiya in the town.
Chatsu :
Chatsu is called Champavati in the Jain literature. During earlier times it was ruled by the Guhilots : as is apparent from the Nagar inscription 24 of 743, the Amer Museum 25 inscription of 10th century A. D., the Dhod inscription of the 26 year 701 (644 A. D.) etc. No early Jain inscription is known from this27 place. D. R. Bhandarkar believes that there was a Jain temple attributable to the 8th century A. D. on the Shiv Dungari28, which is now converted into a Shiv temple. Several MSS were copied here. Two interesting Pattavali inscriptions29 have recently been noticed from Chatsu. One is dated V. E. 1661 (1604 A, D.) and other is of V. E. 1706 (1649 A. D.). Both these Pattavali pillars have been removed from Chatsu and are at present lying in the Amer-Museum. I have edited those inscriptions29. These pillars contain the effigies of several Acharyas of the Digambar Jain Sect. The first inscription was erected during the reign30 of Mansingh under the instructions of Bhattarak Chandrakirti. Another inscription31 of V. E. 1706 (1649 A.D.) was engraved by Bhattarak Narendra kirti. On the basis of these literary and epigraphical sources, it can be said that the town was a prosperous centre of Digambar31 Jains. Adinath Shvetambar temple of the place32 has some icons, the oldest of which is dated V. E. 1199.
24. The Bharat Kaumudi Vol. I. P 267-268. 25. E. I. Vol. XII pp. 11-12. 26. ibid XX p. 123/Bhandharkar list No. 1371. 27. The Nagar inscription of V. E, 1043 (986 A. D) mentions the name Lok
apripa (EI XXXV p. 100). 28. PRASWC 1910 p. 50. 29. Researcher Vol. XII-XIII pp. 52-58. 30. ARRMA 1928 p. 4. 31. Ibid. 32. E.I. XII pp. 11-12