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dhiraja. She built a Jain Temple for the glory of her husband's family and gave it to Yávanika (Yäpunika or Yapuniya) Sangha and the land endowed was Śramana Kēdāra.
Pp. 84-85. Deva, i.e., Devanandin Pujyapäda, the author of the Jain grammar Sabdavatära. Humcha Prasasti of Vidyananda re: Pujyapada-quoted. In the Pattavalis of Balätkäragana (I. A. XX, P. 351) Pujyapada is placed between 253-353 v.s. (197-296 A.D.) but this date is too early. Pujyapada's disciple Vajranandin is said to have established Dravida Sangha in Southern Madhura in 470 After Pujyapada there is one Gunanandin and after him Vajranandin. Another Pujyapada of Devagana was the teacher of Udayadeva Pandita or Nirvadya Pandita of Alaktapura (Puligere), to whom Vijayaditya Calukya of Badāmi made a grant in S. 651, 794 A.D. Pujyapada must be assigned to the end of the 5th Century and Samantabhadra still earlier. Pujya pada may be brought down to C. 475 A.D. when he could possibly have been the contemporary of Durvintta and Bharavi.
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D. R. PATIL Churli or Chudapallaka of the Vailla-Bhatta-Stamin Temple inscription in the Gwalior Fort, (dated Samvat 933) (Proc. and Trans. AIOC, XVth Session, Bombay, 1949).
P. 310. Situated about 20 miles south-east and n. 3 of the fort it is a small village. Mr. GARDE discovered here a Jain Chaumukha.
Asoka Kumar BHATTCHARYA- An Inscription on a Jaina image from Patur, Akola (Jain, Anl. Vol. XVI, No. II) Arrah, 1950. Pp. 1 to 2.
The inscription on the image of Sukidhi from Patur, Dist. Akola is in three times in Sanskrit and refer itself to year 1245 of the v. s. This contains a succession list of Jain Pontiffs-Sri N(ai)viradevarsi (Mani) ka(Manikaya) deva-Sri Vi(i)rasenadeva-pa(m)gasenadeva-V(ra?)nasenadeva. Text with plate.
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K. D. BAJPAI-Three new Kuşana inscriptions from Mathura. (Jain Ant., Vol. XVI, No. I), Arrah, 1950. Pp. 13-16.
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I. Engraved on a fragmentary image of Vardhamana or Mahavira the inscription in Brähmi is dated in Saka year 92 (170 A.D.) and shows on the pedestal the worship of dharmachakra. Text with notes.
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