Epigraphia Indica Vol 02

SR No.: 032556
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jas Burgess
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1894
Total Pages: 596
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
of an image of the glorious Jina (Parivanatha) on Friday, the 6th day of the dark fort'night of the month Margastrsha, in Samvat 1881, by Sadhuli Sri Hiralal of Allahabad, on the top of the hill of Prabhåsa, outside the city of Kausâm bi. The document is also interesting in another respect, as it olearly shows that the modern villages of Kosam and Pabhosa were identified already in A.D. 1824-25 by the people of the country with Kausâmbi and Prabhasa
TEXT. L1 संवत् १८८१ मिते मार्गशीर्षशलषच्यां शक्रवास
2. रे काष्ठासंघ माथुरगच्छे पुष्पारगये लोहाचार्यान्वाय 3. भट्टारकचीजगनीतितत्व भारकवीललितकी. 4. सिवित्तदाबाये पग्रोतकान्वये गोयलगोचे प्रयागन5. गरवास्तव्यसाधुवीरायवीमजस्तदनुवफेरम6. बस्तत्पुत्रसाधुवीमेहरचंदस्तजातामुमेरुचंद7. स्तदनुजसाधुश्चीमाणिक्यचंदस्तत्युचसाधुधीही8. रालालेन कौशांवीनगरवाच प्रभासपर्वतोपरि श्री9. पद्मप्रभजिनदीचाहानकल्याणकरचे श्रीजिन10. विवप्रतिष्ठा कारिता अंगरेजवहादुरराज्ये सु[]भं []
TRANSLATION. " (This) image of the glorious Jina (Parsranatha) has been conseerated under the rule of the noble English, on a site made auspicious by the consecration and invocation of the glorious Jina Padmaprabba, on the upper side of the bill of Prabh&sa, outside the town of Kaubambi, by Sadhu Sri Rira Ial, son of Sadhu Sri Manikya Chand, younger brother of Sumeru Chand, brother of Sadhu Sri Mehar (i.e., Mihir) Chand, son of Pheru Mall, younger brother of Sådhu Sri Rayajt Mall, inhabitant of the town of Prayaga (Allahabad), belonging to the Goyala gotra, the Agrotakad family, and being (spiritual) client of bhattáraka the illustrious Lalitakirttijit, in the line of bhattáraka the illustrious Jagatkirtti, the descendant of Lohacharya, in the Pushkaragana, the Mathura gachchha, and the KAshthasamgha, on Friday, the 6th day of the dark fortnight of the month Margastrsha, in Sarmvat 1881. May it be propitious!"
The modern Jaina temple possesses & small white marble image of Neminátha, dated Samvat 1881, and a large undated copper statue of Parivanatha, the setting up of which in this temple our inscription undoubtedly records.
1 i.e. banker and merchant. 20 See facsimile No. III. * The modern Agarwald Baniyde, see ante, vol. I, p. 94.