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SURYA DYNASTY.
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६ प्रमुखपरिवारसहितेन सारंगे(ण) निजभूजोपार्जितलक्ष्मीसफलीकरणार्थ निरुपममद्भुतं श्रीमहत् श्री
शांतिजिनवराबबं सपरिकर कारित ७ प्रतिष्ठितं श्रीवर्द्धमानस्वाम्यन्वये श्रीमत्खरतरगछे श्रीजिनराजरिपट्टे श्रीजिनवर्द्धनसरित(स्तोत्पट्टे श्रीजिनचंद्र
सूरित(स्त)त्पपूर्वाचलचूलिकासहश्र(ख)करावतारैः श्रीमज्जिनसागरसरिभिः ८ सदावंदते घटितं सूत्रधारमदनपुत्र धारणावीकाभ्यां आचंद्रा नद्यात् ।।
TRANSLATION. During the victorious reign of king Sri Kumbhakarna, son of the best of kings Sri Mokala in the best city of Sri Devakulapâ taka, in the country of Sri Medapata, (there lived) Sadhû Sri Råmadeva, son of Shah(?) Ladhu, son of Shah (1) Lakshmidhara, (and) an ornament in the branch of Navalakha in the family of Usa (Ukesa). lle had two wives Melâde and Malhatade. Shah (?) Sri Sahanapåla was born of the Tomb of Malhanade, was like the scent of camplior in the Jaia religion, the leader of the community (?), with his two wives Himåde, Sakhmåde, and other relatives, caused a very beautiful and wonderful idol of Sri Santi Jinavara to be made with all the appertenances, thus to makc proper use of his acquired riches. The ceremonies of its establistiment were perforined by Jina Sagarsuri: the sun covering with his numerons rays the parváchala-like seat of Sri Jina Chandrasuri, the successor of Sri Jina Vardhapasuri, the successor of Sri Jina Rajasuri of the Sri Kharataragachha and of the family of Sri Vardhamannsyamin. Forincd by Dharana (and) Vikî, sons of Sótradhảra (mason) Madans * * may there be happiness as long as the son and moon endure.
VIII. A stone inscription in a Jain Temple at Ranapura near Sadatli in Jodhpore
territory. Dated Samvat 1496.
This inscription stone is built up in a pillar to the left of the entrance into the temple of Rånakapuraji at Ranapura which is about 6 miles South-West of the village of Sadadi under Jodhpore. The stone, a slab of white marble, measures 3 ft. 3 incli. : by 1 ft. 1 inch containing forty seven lines of Sanskrit prose in modern Devanagari Characters. It being inside the temple is very well preserved. In respect of its contents it is also very much important inasmuch as it gives a regular list of some forty one kings of the Sarya dynasty of Meywar beginning with Bappa and ending withi Rana Kumbhakarna, the well known Kumbho Rano. In the reign of the last mentioned king Dhanaśå, a devout Jain, caused to be built a Vibâra (temple) to Choinukhaji, a Jain God, with the permission of the ruling chief. The date of the inscription is Samvat 1496, A. D. 1440,
L. 15.
Ahol Shrutgyanam
