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JAINA INSCRIPTIONS FROM MATHURA.
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pupil of ...dhuka, a preacher in the Varaņa gana, Nadika kula and .... fákhd....
No. XXIX. स्थ[7] निकिये कुले गनिस्य उम्गहिनिय शिषो वाचको घोषको पाईतो पर्बस्य प्रतिमा--
TRANSLATION. ... "The preacher Ghoshaka, pupil of the Uggahini, a gani (ganin) in the Sthånikiya kiya) kula ; an image of the Arhat Paráva (Páróva)." ...
No. XXX. L. 1. नमो भरहंतानं सिहकस वानिकस पुत्रेण कोशिकिपुत्रेण"
2. farneha raTITUICT afaarfuat or Fagara (*]
TRANSLATION. “Adoration to the Arhats! A tablet of homage (dyagapata) was 'set up by Sihana dika (Sinhanádika ? 'nandika ?), son of the Vanika Sihaka (Simhaka) and son of a Kośiki (Kausiki mother), for the worship of the Arhats."
No. XXXI. THAT Cara fuerat [0]# #f[UT] ----
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TRANSLATION. "Adoration to the Arhats ! . ... the wife of Sivaghoshaka ....."
L. 1. T
2. [*
No. XXXII. rebatai [He] – To far weyna ayê Hafeer hulle ]a T[AT]orget afautfunt eayarê (n*Jos
TRANSLATION. "Adoration to the Arhats ! A tablet of homage (áyágapata) was set up by Achala (?), daughter of Mala-na (), daughter in-law of Bhadrayasa (Bhadrayabas), and wife of Bhadranadi (Bhadranandin), for the worship of the Arhats."
* Vayaka is the Jaina-Prakrit form for vachaka. 6 Incised on the left side of the upper part of the base of a squatted Jina, 1' 2' by 1' 9', the right side being broken off.
Read arhato.
** The word looks like a female name, and might correspond with Sanskrit udgrahini. Bat the difficulty is that it is joined with the title gani, which is given to males alone.
** Incised on the base of a beautifully sculptured square panel measuring 2' 1" by 1'11', the central figure of which is a seated Jina.
► Arahanta is a mistake for araharta and dydgar åto may be a mistake for pato, but, as the Sanskrit has pata and patta, the form påţa is not impossible.
" This might be a corruption or misspelling for udnijaka or udniyaka. But, as Sihanadika receives the epithet kofiksputra, I suspect that he was a Kshatriya, not the son of a merchant, and that Vanika is the name of his clan.
» Incised on the base of a sculptured square slab, measuring 2' 10' by 3' 1'.
Incised on the base of a sculptured square slab, measuring 27" by 24. * The bracketed letters are uncertain. The first may be TT.
The second and third letters of this line are uncertain.
