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SANSKRIT AND OLD CANARESE INSCRIPTIONS.
SEPTEMBER, 1878.]
the signs of the banners of the Gangâ and the Yamuna and the sword-edge, and the five great sounds of the Dadakka" and other (musical instruments); and who made the kings of Chôla and Chêra and Kerala and Simhala and Kalinga to pay tribute; and who punished the Pândya and other chieftains; and whose commands were unresisted,-was governing the earth under one umbrella ;
There was a king named Gonda, who was the moon of the family of Rund ranila-Saindraka, and whose scimetar was adorned by his mighty arm. His son,-who was endowed with good fortune and, skill in polity and modesty, and who delighted in the flavour of war, was renowned by the appellation of Sivara. His son was the truthful and pious Sâmiyâra, who was the forehead-ornament of the earth,-who attacked the assemblage of his enemies with his prowess,-who was possessed of bravery that could not be withstood, who was well versed in what things should be done and what should not be done, and who was the servant of him, (Pulakes), as Hanûmân (was the servant) of Rama.
Having acquired the district of K uhundi through his favour,-while governing it, he, who was as glorious as Ma hên dra, in his piety caused to be made an excellent and large and very charming temple, a shrine of Jinêndra, in the east quarter, in the city which was named Alaktaka and was included in that (district); and which was the chief town of (a circle of) seven hundred villages; and which was the glory of the whole district; and which abounded in sali-rice and vrihi-rice and groves of sugar-canes and chick-peas and priyangu plants and varaka-beans and udaraka-grain and śyámáka-grain and wheat and many other kinds of grain; and which shone like the lotus which is the fan of the lovely woman which is that district; and which was full of husbandmen who abounded in wealth and grain.
The excellent shrine of Jin a (which was thus constructed), that very lofty temple, (named) 'the ornament of the three worlds', decorated with many columns,-(endures) for a long time in the world.
I do not find this word in the dictionaries. But Monier Williams gives dhakka, a large or double drum'; and Sanderson gives the same, and also dakka, dakki, or dakke, 'a small drum, shaped like an hour-glass."
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And this shrine of Jina having been built,when four centuries and eleven (years) had elapsed in the years of the Sa ka king; while the Vibhava samvatsara was current ; on the holy day of the full (moon) of (the month) Vaisakha; when Râ hu had closed upon the orb of the moon,. . . . .
he, who was fond of religion, asked the king, Sri-Satyasraya, the asylum of virtuous people, who through friendship had come to his house, for a field fit for the worship of that shrine of Jina.
Having known that the life of those that are born is (transient) like the lightning and the evening rainbow, and having impressed on his courtiers that the acquisition of religion and wealth is esteemed the (only true) reward by wise people, who are but mortal,-the lord Satyasraya in his piety bestowed a field (and) a charter, worthy of that shrine of Jina. On the day of the full-moon of (the month) Vaisakha, when R â hu had entered the orb of the moon,-the king, Sri-Satyaśraya, gave a field to the ornament of the three worlds.'
In the lineage of the (sect called) Mulagana, a tree which sprang from Kanakôpalâ, there was born that lord of saints, Siddha-nandi, who possessed (a knowledge of) all demonstrated truths. His first disciple was Chitakacharya, whose observances were praised by the gods, and who was attended by five hundred disciples. He, whose name was Nâ gadêva,-who was renowned in the traditions of the glorious Kâkôpala; and who possessed much (knowledge of) sacred lore; and who enjoyed good fortune,-was initiated by Chitakacharya. The disciple of the preceptor Någa dêva was the famous Jin anandi, who was a very ocean of meritorious qualities, and who was acquainted with all the sacred writings.
To the excellent master Jina nandi, whose feet, which were as lotuses, were chafed by the glittering diadems of many glorious kings, (who bowed down before him),-to Jinanandi, a very sun among Acháryas, who was the touchstone by which to test the value of penances that were hard to be performed, and
Ndartthika-majjanat, or perhaps nvartthika-majjanat, 1. 30; meaning not apparent.
This must be the founder of the sect.
