Correlation of Jaina Inscriptions with Sthaviravalis

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Correlation of Jaina Inscriptions with Sthavirāvalīs
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calculated as Virät 548-584, i.e., A. D., 21-57; vide Muni Nathmalji, “Jaina Darsana Manana aur Mimaṁsā, (Hindi), App.I.p.63. This of course would be the date of Ārya Vajra as ācārya or as head of the group of monks. Also cf. M. D. Desai, Jaina Sāhitya no Samkṣipta Itihāsa (Gujarātī), Bombay
1933, pp. 31, 37, 124, 6. Also see, A. Ghosh (Ed.), Jaina Art and Architecture, vol. II, Delhi 1974, pp. 88-89,
118-119 and plates 51, 52. 7. Gupta, S. P., The Roots of Indian Art, Delhi 1980, p. 201, pe.99, b.c. 8. A. Ghosh (Ed.), JAA. Vol. I., pp. 119-120 and infra. 9. See the Brhat-Kalpa-Bhasya, pp. 917-921. Also cf. the Pattavali-samuccaya,
Ed. Darśanavijaya, “Guruparvakrama" of Gunaratnasuri, p. 26, andŚr Tapăgaccha
Pattavali, pp. 47-48, and the Kalpa-sútra sthaviravali, p. 8. 10. Avašyaka-cūrni, pp.396-397. 11. Ibid., p. 404. 12. Avaśyaka-ţikā, p. 390. 13. A. Ghosh, JAA. vol. I., p. 89, note 7. 14. Gupta, The Roots., pp. 199-200. 15. There are many more inscriptions in the cave, including one or two in Shell
characters. To my knowledge, none of these other inscriptions so far have been
published. 16. Gupta, pp. 201-202. S. K. Saraswati, in The Age of Imperial Unity, pp. 502 f. 17. The inscription is read as under by A. Ghosh :
निर्वाणलाभाय तपस्वियोग्ये शुभे गुहेऽर्हन्प्रतिमाप्रतिष्ठे। आचार्यरत्नं मुनिवरदेवो
विमुक्तयेऽकारयत् ऊढतेजाः॥ The Normal prose order is : आचार्यरत्न ऊढतेजा मुनिवरदेवो निर्वाणलाभाय विमुक्तये(च) तपस्वियोग्ये शुभे ऽहत्प्रतिमाप्रतिष्ठे गुहेऽकारयत्। The new suggested prose order is : आचार्यरत्न ऊढतेजा मुनिवैरदेवो निर्वाणलाभाय विमुक्तये(च) शुभे गुहेऽर्हत्प्रतिमाप्रतिष्ठेऽऽकारयत् ।The Roots of Indian Art, p. 202. Lüders' List of Brähmi Inscriptions, no. 959; Cunnigham, Arch. Surv. Rep. Vol. I. p. 25; Bloch, A. S. 9.,A. R. for 1905-06, p. 98, note 1.