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caused to purchase land from Balovara ksetra belonging to the Jaina Svetapatas, gifted to the Jinālaya under the charge of the latter, for the purpose of worship. The copper plate record legally announcing the gift, of course as usual. begins with an invocation to the Jina Tirthankara as:
'Jayati bhagavan Jinêndro gunarundrah pratitha parama kārunikah
What is rather noteworthy in the record is again the occurance of the solemn mangatācharana in praise of Adinatha Tirthamkara as :
Namo Namah Risabhāya Namah' indicating reverential submission to the divine being, an unusual feature in such records. In fact, the invocation introduced, in this record, is frequently repeated a bit more elaborately, in the subsequent records declaring similar grants to the Jinālayas, belonging to the reign periods of Mrigesa Varma and Ravi Varma, indicating the continuation of the tradition, not in a conventional way as found in such records of the subsequent ruling dynasties. It is a s follows
Jayati bhagavan Jinēndro gunarundrah pratitha parama kārunikah
Trailokyāsvāsakāri dayā patakochhurita yasya II' And in the records of the reign periods of Visnu Varma and his son, Simha Varma of the collateral branch, the invocations are differently as follows
'Jayati aviratānta yugapajnāna darsanah Jinēndrah parmaisvarya nitya vyābadha (saukhyā ?) chārah
and "Vibhavāmala sitatani (ssanta ?) chhāyā pramoda bhāgayibhāgi jayati jayakasthānān tribhuvana sakatatapatraṁ iha saddharmah II"
Further, in another copper plate record belonging to Mrigesa Varma's reign period, it is interesting to note the whole hearted praise of Jinêndra as:
Jayati Arahmstrilokesah sarvabhūtahilēratah I
Ragādi Arahantonantajnāna drigisvarah II These reflect the essentials of the Jaina religion and the emphasis on the divine greatness of Jinēndra, a noteworthy feature.
Also, it is noteworthy that the grants made by Kakustha Varma to the Jinendrālaya in Halashi at the instance of Srutakirti, was later renewed by Santi Varma, Mrigesa Varma and Ravi Varma. What is remarkably noteworthy is that Ravi Varma at the time of confirming the grant, issued almost an ordinance like order for the celebration of the annual Jinēndra Mahimā Kārya
Arhat Vacana, July 2000
