Jaina Corpus of Koppala Inscriptions X rayed

Author(s): Nagarajaiah Hampa
Publisher: Ankita Pustak

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cants [Nagarajaiah, Hampa: Candrakode: 1997-B:34-39). Manikyanandi yogindra, his pupil, a moon to the ocean of Jinadharmma, proficient in sāstras, a lion to the elephant in rut, the opponent dialectician. His disciple was Gunakirti who had the complete knowledge of the Jaina philosophy, an expert in the sciences of grammar, the āgamas, the canonical literature, he had reached the other shore of the oral tradition of Jaina scripture. His pupil was the noted Abhayanandi Panditadeva of Annigere, an eminently pious man who attained the emancipation and joined the abode of the deities on 6-3-1005 Tuesday. The monk Jinacandrapaņdita, who had the cognomen of sarvodaya-cakravartti, caused this column. The rare title of Sarvodaya, welfare of all, reminds the phrase of Samantabhadradeva, who while defining the Jain faith says "sarvodaya-tirtham = idam".
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The epigraph is much mutilaled.
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Ekadandi Trikālayogi has no other match to compare with, except the Ganadharas, the first mendicant disciples of a Tirthankara, the prophet, or the ascetics who are immersed in meditation, or the monks who have mastered the special powers derived out of perfection, i.e. the seven ddhis. Trikālayogi had the systematic practice in all the three types of abstract contemplation:
i. ātāpana, doing penance while standing firmly in the open field under the scorching sun.
ii. tarumūla, standing firmly at the foot of a tree during the rainy season, when the drops of water tricle from the leaves above.
iii. Vinyasta nivāsa, standing firmly in the water in the cold season.
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Even when the rainy cloud was roaring with incessant rainfall, lightning and thunderbolt creating a sense of fear every