Comprehensive History of Jainism Volume II

Author(s): Aseem Kumar Chaterjee
Publisher: Firma KLM Pvt Ltd

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JAINISM IN NORTH INDIA
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Next, we have a short inscription from Khajuraho,*10 which mentions Śreshțhin Pänidbara of the Grahapati family, and his sons Śreshțhins Trivikrama, Albana and Lakshmi. dhara, all of whom were surely devoted Jains. The epigraph gives us the date V.S. 1205. For the reign of Madanavarman, we have two Jain epigraphs, one dated V.S. 1211 and the other V.S, 1215. The earlier epigraph 11 from Mahoba, records the dedication of an image of Neminātha, made by rūpakära Lakhaṇa in the reign of Madanavarman, The second epigraph of the reign of Madanavarman, *12 dated V.S. 1215, found from Khajuraho, records the dedication of an image of Sambhavanatha in the prosperous reign of Sriman Madanavarmadeva by sadhu Sālhe, son of Pāhilla of Grahapati vamsa, This Pāhilla was the son of Sreshthin Dedu. The name Pāhilla is found in the cpigraph of Dhanga, 18 discussed in the previous volume. It appears that the members of the Vaiśya Grahapati family, of the Candella kingdom, were dedicated Jains, and were bent or promoting the cause of the Digambara religion, in this part of Madhya Pradesh. The epigraph, under discussion, also mentions several sons of Sālhe viz. Mahāgaña, Mahicandra, Śricandra, Jinacandra, and Udayacandra and adds that all of them were devoted to the Tirthankara Sambhavanātha (Sambhanathar pranamanti nit yam). We have also a short epigraph 14 from Mahoba, with the date V.S. 1220, which discloses the name of a dedicated Jain called Ratnapāla.
From Mahoba, we have another Jain epigraph, *16 which not only gives the date V.S. 1224, but also refers to the reigning king Paramardideva, who has been described as the Kalañjarādhipati. It is interesting to note, that the Candella king Paramardi is also mentioned in the colophon of a Digambara work called Dhan yakumaracaritra,"16 composed by Guņabhadra. We further learn from the same source that Gunabhadra was the disciple of Nemisena and the grand-disciple of Manikyasena, and that his work was