Jaina Corpus of Koppala Inscriptions X rayed

Author(s): Nagarajaiah Hampa
Publisher: Ankita Pustak

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(Koppaļa). His wife was Kāvanabbarasi. Their daughter Rambaladevi, alias Rambhā, a gem of a woman, a beautiful nymph, had the charm of a plantain tree. Rambhā was a goddess of learning and her benovalence new no bounds.
There is a pun in the use of this name Rambhā, also the name of an apsaras, wife of Nalakūbara, and she was considered the most beautiful woman in the paradise of Indra.
Rambaladevi's husband, Biraladeva, a prince of the illustrious Cālukyavamsa, a head-jewel of kings and a submarine in the sea of enemies. Ramabaladevi was the disciple of the preceptor Sricandra-Bhattāraka. She realised the vanity and transitoriness of human life, took the veil and observed the vow of fasting unto death. While meditating the holy fect of the spiritual victor (Jina), like the fragrance of the flower, she departed from this mundane world only to be born as the best of celestial beings.
The veracity of this inscription of poetic excellence is of historical importance. The name of Bāsa, as a son of Būtuga is not mentioned in any other inscription, except this. Albeit, one of the inscriptions mentions the name of Vāsava as the last son of Būtuga || [EC. VII (BLR) Nagara. 35. 1077 C.E.). This Vasava's wife's name is mentioned as Kancaladevi. Vāsava and Kancaladevi had two sons - Rakkasaganga alias Govidaradeva and Arumuļideva. It is quiet possible that Bāsa and Vāsava are one and the same; but, whether kañcaladevi and Kāvanabbarasi are different or not is still a problem which requires more corroborative evidences to decide. [Nagarajaiah, Hampa: 1997-A:10710].
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Mauni bhattāraka, a renown mendicant, accomplished the three-jewels of Right-insight, Ro-knowledge and Ro-conduct, by observing the ritual of meditation and fasting unto death in the year Śaka 941 (14-3-1019 Saturday). The head of the merchant guild and a laity of Abhayanandi Pandita, famous in the kingdom of the Gangas, caused this niśdhi memorial column.