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SVASTI - Essays in Honour of Prof. Hampa Nagarajaiah
G. Pārsvanatha Image Pedestal Inscription of VS 1531
The inscription under discussion is engraved below the above mentioned inscription C in cave no. 3. It is interesting to note here that the letters after jiya and before the numeral 1 is written in blank ink and the engraver left them to carve. It is dated in Vikrama Samvat 1531 Phalguna sudi 5 Sukra which corresponds to A.D. 1474.
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1. Siddham // om namaḥ siddhayebhyaḥ // śrimat-parama-gambhirasy= advād=āmogha-lāmchanām jīya .......... ghasya śāsanam jina-śāsanam // 1 // samvat 1531 varṣe Phalguna sudi 5 Sukre //
H. Other Inscriptions
There are three more inscriptions in the cave no. 3. Of these, one is carved on the wall of upper story. It has 5 lines. Most of the letters of the beginning of each line are now obliterated. Due to that the purport of the inscription is not clear. However, the name of the wife Dharāśrī, Ajaiśrī, Karamasī could be read out in the preserved portion. It ends with the proclamation that the image was adored by the people.
Another inscription of the cave records the name of Kämadhari who was the son of Sutradhara Senă. There is a possibility that this person was responsible for some or most of the constructional work of this group of Jain art. The third inscription consists only of the name of Pandita Śri Chamda.
