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in the temple of Jinanatha at Khajuraho. It recalls the gifts made by a certain Pähila.
6-8. Three inscriptions from images in the Jaina temples-(a) A single line recalling a name, Sanskrit in Nagari characters (b) A line, recalling diverse names, Sanskrit in Nagari characters, samvat 1205. (c) Same characters, Samvat 1215. Recall the erection of a statue.
XXXVII. Prasasti of the temple of Vadipura-Parsvanatha at Pallana. G. BÜHLER.
Inscription of 52 lines in ordinary Jaina-Nagari characters. The language is of the incorrect Sanskrit mixed with Guzerati and with some Arabic and Persian words. In prose, except the commencement. Samvat 1651.
The lines 4-40 constitute pattavali of the Kharatara sect. Twenty-four relligious chiefs of this school have been enumerated, from Uddyotanasüri to Jina chandrasuri, sixth of the name.
XLIII. New Jaina inscriptions from Mathura. G. BüHLER.
Text and translation of 57 inscriptions diseovered at Mathura.
These inscriptions belong to the Indo-Scythian period that is to say to the first two centuries of the Christain era. Remarks on the characters with which they are written.
mixed dialect, consisting of Präkrit and Sanskrit; grammatical and historical remarks relating to this dialect.
Language
Reviews on the contents of the inscriptions, very important for the history of the sects, sub-sects, of Jaina schools.
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Further Jaina inscriptions from Mathura. G. BÜHLER.
Text and translation of seven other inscriptions analogous to the precedents. These two series of inscriptions studied by BüHLER have been reproduced in facsimiles out of the text due to Dr. FÜHRER.
Volume II (1894).
V. Inscriptions from Northern Gujarat. J. KIRSTE. Several of these inscriptions mention some pontiffs of the Tapa gaccha. One finds among others the following series:
Hiravijaya (Samvat 1642).
Vijayasena.
Vijayadeva. Vijayasimha.
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