Jainism in South India and Some Jaina Epigraphs

SR No.: 011025
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: P B Desai
Publisher: Jain Sanskruti Samrakshak Sangh Solapur
Publication Year: 1957
Total Pages: 495
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 33 MB

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JADNISI IN SOUTH INDIA Verse 2. In the midst of the lake which are the oceans, rests the earth like a lotus. The mountain Mandara resembles its pericarp. To the south of Mandara lies the shining Bharata-kshētra.
Verses 3-6. Genealogical account of the Chālukya sovereigns who ruled successively in the Bharata-kshētra, commencing with Tailapa (II) who restored the Chalukya sovereignty after over-throwing the Rashtrakumāras (i. e., Rāshtrakūtas), down to Bhūlākamalla.' May the king Bhūlākamalla protect the earth in peace and prosperity for a long time.
Verse 7, Renowned is the ornament of the ascetics, the illustrious teacher Rāmachandra who bears the epithet Traividya. His favourite disciple is Traividya Prabhēndu (i. e., Prabhāchandra) Bhattāraka.
Verse 8. Resplendent is the great sage Prabhāchandra who owns profound interest in the tenets of Lord Jina, whose sharp intellect is adept in adducing proofs in support of the Jaina system of philosophy and who has vindicated his career devoted to the welfare of others.
Verse 9. The lustre emanating from the moon-face of Prabhachandra, the prince of the ascetics, dispels weariness and lethargy from the minds of the learned.
Verse 10. LO! Here comes the most worshipful in the circle of monks; here moves the demolisher of the doctrines of false faiths; here marches the lion to the elephants, the reputed disputants; here walks the supreme abode of all good qualities, Traividya Prabhāchandradēva, announcing thus “Oh! You advocates of the doctrine of Chārvāka and other schools, do not display the ignorant pride of your heart, throw it away, down with it!”
Verse 11. The Chief Barnadēva, the mine of jewels which is the doctrine of Samyaktva, foremost among the chosen devotees of Lord Säntinātha Jinēsvara adored by the great gods, caused to be completed with impressive ceremony this magnificent temple in His honour, an object of admiration to the whole world I
Verse 12. May all that is good, wealth, prosperity, fortune, success in life, great religious merit, eternal welfare, attend on you, Barmadēva -- you, a bee in the lotus-feet of the supreme Sântinātha, a kinsman of the followers of the Jaina faith and an ornament of the lineage of the Twice-born.
Verse 13. With its fortifications butting against the heavens, the excavations of its ditch fathoming the nether-world and the eminence of its natural splendour pervading the quarters and their intermediate space, this citodel of Sēdimba is indeed a source of headache to the aggressive adversary!
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1 Bee the genealogical account, p. 211 above.
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