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HAMPA NAGARAJAIAH
SAMBODHI
of Pulıkesin II, emperor of Badāmi Chalukya dynasty )
Jayatu jagati nityam jaina-sanghodayārskah Prabhavatu jinayogi-brāta padmäkara-śrth-| Sammadayatu casamyag-darśara-jñāna-vritta Prakatita-guna-bhāsvad-bhavya cakrānurägah |||
(EC Vol IX (R) Bēlür No 389 A D 1133 p 353 Mālını Vrtta] May it daily advance in the world, the rising son the Jina samgha, may prosperity be to the lotus-pond the group of Jinayõgis, may affection be to the shining bhavyas (or blessed ones, the Jainas), distinguished for right principle, right knowledge and night conduct in their mode of life
Jayatu-durita-dūrah kshira-kūpāra-hārah Prathita-prthula-kırttı-sri-subhendu-bratīšah || Gunamani-gana-sindhuh śishta-lõkaika-bandhuh Vibudha-madhu-praphullah phulla-bānādı-saly-ah ||
[EC Vol II (R) No 155 (126) A D 1113 p 90 Mālıni Vrtta] Inaccessible to sin, of wide-spread fame resembling the milk ocean and a pearl necklace, an ocean to the jewels of good, qualities, sole friend of the good, a flower to the bees, the learned, a spear to the trouble of cupid, may the lord of ascetics, Subhendra be victorious
Dhārmmika-pundarīka-sanda-modana-karāya gunottarāya | Samsāra-sāgara-nimam hastāvalambanavate Jina-sāsanāya |
[EC Vol VII-1(BLR) Śikānpur No 8 A D 1080, p 124 ] Praise of the Jina sāsana, a course of joy to the lotus pond, the righteous, of the highest virtue, extending a hand to pull out those who are sunk in the ocean of family cares (Praise of who erected a Jinälaya to ādı-Brahma ) This invocatory verse can be compared with another verse under discussion, ie with bhadram bhavatvakhila dhārmika pundarīka shandāvabodhana
Nir gramtha-vrata-chārı-sūri-vacanān nistrimsa-mrstäkrtir
Yo duścchedam akhandayat prthu-filā-stambam jayābhyudyatah 11 (He) who, attempting for victory (heading for victory), stationed the wide rock pıllar, which is hard to break and which is of eight sharp sides, on the advice of the scholar, who was a follower of the Nirgrantha-vow