bhanuchandragani charit

SR No.: 002310
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Siddhichandra Upadhyay
Publisher: Jinshasan Aradhana Trust
Total Pages: 180
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 21 MB

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BHĀNUCANDRA CARITRA
Final order of the Jumalut-ul-mulk Madár-ul-mahăm is "this (Chandu Sanghavi) be exempted from (tax) in the village Muhammadpur.”
The seal is illegible.
This copy is true as per the original.
[Translated by me from the Hindi rendering as published in the appendix (4) of Súrisvara and Samrāt.]
Farman of the Emperor Nur-ud-din Jabāngir ordering his officials throughout the Empire to allow complete freedom of worship to the monks (jatis) of the Jain community. Dated the 2nd of the Ilāhi month of Amardad in the 11th year of the accession (July, 1616).
(Tughra) The Farman of Abul Muzaffar Nur-ud-din Muhammad Jabangir Bādshāh-i
-Ghāzi.
(Seal) Nur-ud-din Muhammad Jahāngir Bādshāh-i-Ghazi (in the inner circle).
"Since Bikhe Hārkhe (Vivekaharşa ), and Jayānand Jati, the disciples (chela) of Baji Dev (Vijayadeva) Sūri and of Nandji (Nandivljaya) presented themselves before the auspicious presence with a request, and begged for an august Farmān in favour of the monks of the Jain community (jamāt), who are virtuous and have no other business except the worship and adoration of God, this Jahāngiri (royal) order, which is obeyed by the world and which it is necessary to follow, obtained the dignity of being issued and the honour of being published, to the effect that the noble officers, and the efficient functionaries, and the jāgirdārs, and the mutasaddis, and administrators of the royal affairs and transactions of all the Protected Dominions (i. e. Empire), should not interfare with or obstruct in any way the practices of this community, and should allow them to attend to their worship and devotion and the adoration of God (yazdan parashti) in perfect peace of mind, so that they may continue to pray for the permanence of the holy, exalted and auspicious Empire, as also for the augmentation of the royal dignity and glory and of the eternal kingdom. They (i. e., the officers should not go against or deviate from this order, and they should consider it as urgent. Written on the second day of Amardād Māb-i-Ilāhi in the 11th year of the accession (July, 1616)."
Tranalation of the reverse of the Farmān issued by Jahāngir granting freedom of worship to the Jaina monks (jatis) throughout the Empire's.
"The subject-matter of the orders in favour of Bikhe Harkhe and others in accordance with the Selection from the Diary (yad-dasht) for the 24th of the month
113 Prof. Muhammad Shafi, Principal of the Oriental College and University Professor of Arabic
at Lahore, has kindly helped in the decipherment and translation of these memoranda on the reverse of Jahăngir's Farmăn, which are written in the Shikastah script.