Historical Facts About Jainism

Author(s): Lala Lajpatrai
Publisher: Jain Associations of India Mumbai

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EPIGRAPHICA INDICA. VOL. 11.
XIV42.
42 INCISED ON THE BASE OF SMALL STANDING
JINA, MEASURING, 2 BY IN".
The year 18, the second (month of) the rainy season, the day II (the gift) of Mita--Siri (? Mitrasri), the daughter of................of divine Arishtanemi. (Arishtaneni)......9. 202.
XX 63.
63 INCISED ON THE LEFT PORTION OF THE BASE OF A LARGE STANDING FIGURE OF JINA, MEASURING 2'-3" by 1'-8"; THE RIGHT PORTION
IS MISSING.
The year 79, the fourth (month of the) rainy season, the twentieth day-on that (date, specified as) above, Aya-Vridhahasti (Arya-Vriddhahastin,) a preacher in the Kottiya gana (and) in the Vaira (Vajra) Sakha, gave the advice to make an image of the Arhat Nandiavarta (Nandyavarta)67............ the image, the gift of the female lay-disciple Dina (Datta), wife of ........, was set up at the Vodva Stupa, built by the gods." P. 204.
67 The Arhat Nandyavarta, i.e., he whose inark is the Nandyavarta Symbol, is Ara, the eightenth Tirthapkara.