Jain Journal 1992 01

SR No.: 520105
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication
Publication Year: 1992
Total Pages: 48
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, India_Jain Journal, & India
File Size: 3 MB

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records that Kakkuka built a temple of the god Jina and entrusted it to the community presided over by the asceties Jambava (?) and Amraka (?) and the merchant Bhākuța (?) in the gaccha of the holy Dhanesvara.
The Bijāpur inscription of Rastrakūța Dhavala of Hastikuņdi, V. E. 10538 mentions the name of Vasudeva, who was a Jaina preceptor. Vasudeva, it is recorded in the inscriptlon, was the preceptor of the Råstrakūţa prince Vidagdharāja of Hastikundi whom he imparted spiritual knowledge and induced him to erect a temple dedicated to the god Jina in the town of Hastikundi. The prince, it is said, had himself weighed against gold, of which two-thirds were allotted to the god and the remainder to the Jaina preceptor, i.e., Vasudeva. The same inscrip. tion, in later verses, speaks of a Sūri named Santibhadra who is said to be the pupil of Vasudeva.
The Byāpå stone inscription of the Adhiraja Vijaya, V.B. 1100° mentions the name of Maheśvarasüri. The inscription states that, in the kingdom of the Adhirāja Vijaya (line 5), at the city of Sripathā (line 6) there was the Suri or Jaina teacher Maheśvara (line 4) a leader of the Svetāmbaras and belonging to the Kāmyaka-gaccha or sect (line 3) who occupied the seat of Vişņusūri, i.e., who was the successor, or a successor of Vişņusüri. Lines 6 to 11 record that Maheśvarasuri died when the year 1100 was drawing to its close, when the waning fortnight of the month Bhadrapada was current, and when the second lunar day of the dark fortnight, coupled with the name of the moon, was passing away. Lines 12 to 17 describe how Maheśvarasüri's fame, like the river Gargă, flowed through the three worlds.
An Ācārya Cărukirtti of Mathura-samgha is mentioned in the Ajmer Museum Image inscription, V.B. 1216.10 The inscription records the obeisance of Viga, daughter of Rāhila and Sonama, the former of whom was a devotee of Acārya Cărukirtti of Mathura-samgha,
The name of Jinacandrasuri occurs in the Bijolia inscription of Cahamāna Somesvara, V. E. 1226,11 The verse 83 of the record states
8 See Ram Karna, EI, Vol. X, pp. 17-24; also Kielhorn, Journal of the Asiatic
Society of Bengal, Vol, LXII, Pt. I, No. 4, pp. 309-314. 9 See J. F. Fleet, Indian Antiquary, Vol. XIV, 1885, pp. 8-10. 10 Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy, 1957-58, B 419, p. 518. 11 Op. cit.