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Swami Samantabhadra.
The scholar who is mentioned is also supported by other inscriptions in this town, numbered 36 and 37. And which are written in the Saka Samvat years 999 and 1069 respectively. Such as "...Shrutakeli Gal Enisid (Anip 37) Bhadrabahu Swamigal (Galang 37) Modalagi Palambar (Halambar 37) Acharya Podimbaliyam Samantabhadra Swamigal Udapisidar Avar Anvayadol (Anantaram 37) Gangarajyam Maadi Singhnandyaacharyar Avari..."-
Apart from this, no other inscription has been found in which both Samantabhadra and Singhnandi are mentioned, with Singhnandi being mentioned as a scholar before Samantabhadra or at least Singhnandi's name being mentioned before Samantabhadra. In such a situation, it is more likely that Samantabhadra was a scholar before Singhnandi. If the situation is indeed like this, then it supports the assumption of Mr. Lewis Rice, which he had made only by seeing the mention of these scholars in the Mallisena Prasasti, and therefore which was incomplete and insufficient. In the inscriptions found in these Bodhis, the words 'Avari', 'Avar Anvayadolu' and 'Avar Anantaram' by
1 This is a part of the 36th inscription, in the 37th it is also given almost in the same way, where there is some difference it has been shown in brackets and numbered 37.
2 Mallisena Prasasti is the 54th inscription of Shravanabelagola, which was published in 1889, and the aforementioned inscriptions of Nagar Taluk were published in 1904. They were not available to Mr. Rice in 1889.