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JAINISM IN MATHURĀ
63
2
Koliya, Sthānikīya
Uggahini Ghosaka Gostha
sec. cent. sec. cent.
AD 75
Odehikiya, Nāgabhūtikiya
B. NUNS
Dharmaghosa Sathisiha
25 BC AD 75
Khuda
Vāraņa, Ārya-Hāļakiya, Vajanagari Koliya, Brahmadásika, Ucenāgari Odehikiya, Nāgabhūtikīya Koliya, Brahmadāsika, Ucenāgarī Mehika
75
Jayā Devā
75
75
Sangamikā Vasula Kumāramitrā Dhānasri
100 100 120
Jinadāsi
Koliya, Sthāniya, Vairī Koliya, Brahmadāsika, Ucenāgarī Vārana, Ayyabhista Samkasiya Vāraņa, Arya-Hāļakiya, Vajanagari
125
Akakā
120
Nanda Aryā Jivā Āryā Sāmā
120 150 75
Koliya, Brahmadāsika, Ucenāgari
We have been able to identify at least one monk mentioned in the Jaina inscriptions of Mathurā. It is possible that a few other monks and nuns mentioned in the inscriptions appear also in the literary texts. In this connection we should remember that Jaina literary texts also refer to the glorious state of Jainism in Mathurā. We have already discussed the evidence of the Paumacariyam of Vimalasuri. According to the Avasyakaniryukti77 (c. AD 350), the Jaina monks had no trouble collecting alms in this city. The eighth-century Svetāmbara commentator Sanghadāsagani, at least twice in his works, refers to the great influence the Jainas exercised in Mathurā. As we have already noted, he refers to the great devanirmita stūpa of
