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Another inscription, in the same village, recalls the consecration of a statue of Pārsvanātha in Samvat 1881,
Text, translation and facsimiles out of text of the three inscriptions.
XXIV. Specimens of Jaina sculptures from Mathura. G BÜHLER. Reproduction and description of four sculptural designs coming from Mathura.
I. Ayagapata, "tablet of homage", the central figure of which represents really Pārsvanātha.
II. (a) The conception of Mahāvira; episode of Naigameșa. Study of the myth of Naigameşa to the Jains.
(b) Ornamental frieze: On one side of the Suparņas and of the Kinnaras adoring a stupa. On the reverse, a pilgrimage to a Jaina sanctuary.
III. Fragment of a torana with varied figures.
IV. A dharmachakra supported by a trident resting on a lotus, with feminine figures worshipping the sacred symbol.
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25. Spurious Sudi copper-plate. Grant purpoting to have been issued by Butuga in Saka--Samvat 860. Inscription in Sanskrit written in old Canara characters. Gift of territory, by the prince Butuga, of the Ganga dynasty, to a Jaina temple, which his wife had caused it to be constructed at Sūņdi (Südi) Saka 860. Facsimile out of text.
26. Sravana Belgola Epitaph of Mallishena, after, Saka-Samvat 1050, E. HULTZSCH. This inscription bears the No. 54 in the collection of the “Inscriptions at Sravana Belgola" of M. Lewis Rice.
The characters are Canaras. The language is Sanskrit except the last two lines which are in Canara. It recalls the death, as a result of prolonged fasting, of the Jaina master Mallişeņa or Malladhāri, in Saka (1050=(1129 A.D.). It contains the list of 40 Digambara masters, from Mahāvira upto Mallisena himself. Facsimile out of text.
27. Kolhapus F. KIELHORN.
inscription of
the Silahara
Vijayaditya. Saka--Samvat 1065.
Inscription in Sanskrit and old Canara, Old Canara characters. Gift in favour of the Jaina sanctuary of Hāvina Heritage, district of Ajiragekholla,
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