Jaina Corpus of Koppala Inscriptions X rayed

Author(s): Nagarajaiah Hampa
Publisher: Ankita Pustak

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anity. Therefore, in Christianity prominence is to the grace or favour of God rather than a scope for human effort. In Jainism, the emphasis is primarily on human effort, and as such there is no scope for the grace of god. To escape from the cycle of birth and rebirth, the laity took to the rigorous life of monk (nun) hood, leading towards liberation.
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There are some rare usages of words, which are of greater significance, in the context of Nirgrantha surrogate tradition:
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The ascetic Padmanandi is referred with the cognomen of Jinasamaya-dipaka, the illuminator of Jaina religion [K.15, C.E. 1028. p.51. lines: 25-26.]. Ponna (C.E. 960) and Ranna [C.E. 993], two poet-laureates in the courts of Kṛṣṇa-III (93967) the Rāṣṭrakūța emperor, and of Tailapa-II (974-97) the (Kalyāṇa) Calukya emperor, respectively, are the earliest authors to use this phrase. Later, another charter has mentioned Indrakirtimuni, a pupil of Indranandi Pandita, as a Jina-dharmma-dipaka [SII.XI. 117. 1055. Kogali].
Generally Jaina bhaṭṭārakas do not use the title of jagadguru, where as the abbots of other religion use it. But inscriptional evidences go to approve the usage of the byname jagadguru [K. 23. 11th cent. p. 73]; we come across the title jagadguru in an inscription of SB [EC.II(R) SB, 476 (345) 1159 p. 289].
Similarly the cognomen of Jangama-tirtha, a mobile holy place of worship, is used in K. 16 of tenth cent. Meghacandra Siddhänta Munindra is eulogised as a jangama-tirtha of modern times (ibid. p. 54, line: 15). Another charter has the identical phrase (jangama-tirtha) along with sthavara-tirtha [K. 29 10th cent. p. 84], where the monk Śridharadeva is called a jangama-tirtha, and Koppala the pilgrim centre is called a sthāvara-tirtha, a fixed holy seat.
I have also noticed that some of the verses used in the Koppala inscriptions are found in some epigraphs of other places: