Jaina Corpus of Koppala Inscriptions X rayed

Author(s): Nagarajaiah Hampa
Publisher: Ankita Pustak

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Some of the lay votaries who did yoemen service for the glory of the faith, known from other sources, figure in the present corpus: Boppa setti, Būtuga, Cāmundarāja, Gangarāja, Madhava, Nimbasāmanta, Recana-dandādhisa, Sankaraganda and such other stalwarts find a place here.
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There are other dimensions to these nisidhi charters such as socio-cultural and mythical constituents, which truly measure the dynamics of Jaina community. Caturtha-kula a sub-sect of Jaina church is mentioned in an inscription.
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Composers of the lithic records were equally at home in Kannada and Sanskrit (to an extent had a working knowledge of Prakrit) languages. Some of the Jaina Šāsanakaras were simultaneously both scholars and poets; their creative genius is nothing short of a class author.
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Common verses (Slokas, Kandas, Vrttas and the prose lines) found in some inscriptions, not only of the same place (e.g. SB), but also of different places (e.g. SB, Koppaļa, Huņaşi-Hadagali, Soratūr, Mandalinād etc), and of various period in temporal terms (e.g. tenth cent., 11th and 12th cent.), speak of the regular training that the composers had.
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Those who authored the epigraphs had a thorough knowledge of the Jaina background, well acquainted with the dogmas, well-bred in similar compositions. Their skill in poetic composition of religious experiences is remarkable. Some charters are graceful in expression and precise in agama details.
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It seems that the famous Jaina seats where Mathas were attached to the basadis, the bhattāraks would impart the required knowledge for the composers of inscriptions. No wonder, if the final composition itself would get corrected before it would go to the hands of the engraver. Udayāditya, the expert copyist of Mahā-Dhavala-Tikā, had acquainted with the SB and Koppala inscriptions. He completed the copying work in the last decades of eleventh century, much earlier to the copying of Jaya Dhavalā Tikā text. Similarly Jinna the copyist of Jaya Dhavalā Tika, who
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