Jain Inscriptions of Rajasthan

Author(s): Ramvallabh Somani
Publisher: Rajasthan Prakrit Bharti Sansthan Jaipur

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Place name
Details
Year of inscription
(a) Chandra Prabh
temple, Kota
V. E. 1501 (1444 A. D.)
Mandutra Heeru and his Heeradevi
wife
(b) Rishabdeva temple,
Malpura
V. E. 1506 (1450 A. D.)
Samakath Karama and his wife Karamadevi.
(c) Parashvachandra
Gachchhiya Upashraya, Jaipur.
V. E. 1504 (1448 A. D.)
Telahara Luna and his wife Lunadevi.
(d) Panchayati Mandir
Jaipur.
V. E. 1504 (1447 A. D.)
Surana Lakhana and his wife Lakhanshri.
(e) Chandra Prabh
temple Ajmer.
V. E. 1502 (1445 A. D.)
Pragvat Lakha and his wife Lakhandevi.
(f) Chandra Prabh
temple, Amer.
V. E. 1507 (1450 A. D.)
Lodha Guna and his wife Gunashri.
(g) Nagaur Bada
Mandir.
V. E. 1510 (1453 A. D.)
Shrimal Palha and his wife Palhi.
Sometimes the name given by parents is also mentioned alongwith the changed name. On a colophon of V. E. 1328 (1271 A. D) of a Manuscript we are told that Viramati wife of Biramdev origi. nally bore the name Mohli, a name given by her parents.
Use of the suffix "Singh” with the names of some Jain Shresthis is also found. Generally such nomenclature was current only among Rajputs. But from the 13th century A. D. onwards, we find some Jain families also using this suffix with their names. Several such inscriptions can be quoted where the names of parents do not have the suffix Singh but their descendants later on, used it. For