Jaina Corpus of Koppala Inscriptions X rayed

Author(s): Nagarajaiah Hampa
Publisher: Ankita Pustak

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the divine beings with pomp and pleasure. Poleyabbe kanti, a nun and pupil of Maladhārideva, (either ereceted the nisidhi for the merit of her teacher or herself met her death at Koppa!a).
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A broken inscription, contains only the usual invocatory Jaina śloka, a quotation from the pramāņa-sanghraha, may the doctrine of Jina be victorious, the doctrine of the lord of three words, the unfailing characteristic of which is the glorious and most profound syadvāda, the doctrine of nonabsolutism.
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Ascetic Siddhasena bhatāra looked after the pontifical order of Kopana diocese for several years and was honoured by the kings. Sidhasena Pandita muni belonged to senagaņa and candrikaväta anvaya. Maladhāri muni, teacher of Siddhasena bhatāra observed penance and accepted the rite of sanyasana, a wont of many Jaina monks, met his death and attained the state of eternal bliss in the cattaga vasadi temple at Kupaņa, and his famous pupil, Siddhasena erected this nisidhi as a postmortem memory and respect. It is an undated and incomplete epigraph.
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May the doctrine of Jina be victorious, the doctrine of the lord of the three worlds, the unfailing characteristic of which is the glorious and most profound syādvāda, the doctrine of qualified assertion. To praise kavadeya Boppasetti, even the creator (Aja=Brahma) does not know; when such is the case, who else is there on earth to eulogise the endless greatness of the penance of Candranandi bhatāra, commended by Aca (poet Acanna, author of Vardhamāna purāņam, C.E. 1195, and a pupil of the preceptor Nandiyogindra). Arhanandi, disciple of Candanandi, ornament of monks, who with his rigid penance slimmed the body, subdued vexatious sensual passions. His virtues,