Jaina Corpus of Koppala Inscriptions X rayed

Author(s): Nagarajaiah Hampa
Publisher: Ankita Pustak

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The order of Jaina, i.e. the Jaina religion, was covered in glory earlier by the monk Maladhārideva and later by Candra kirti bhattaraka. Vardhamāna Siddhānta muni was a pupil of both Maladhāri munindra and Nayanandi munipa of unparalleled transparent character. Vardhamāna Siddhānti had subdued the ego of Manasija, the god of love, by his mild and mellifluous chaste words. His worthy pupil, Sakalacandra Siddhāntadeva had won fame for his reflection, restraint of the passions, silence of speech, study of scripture, zealously intent on practicising penance. He died on 6-10-1047 Tuesday and achived the three jewels.
K.55
Mutilated and fragmentary record registers the death of Dhanakabbe nun and a pupil of Purnacandra, a disciple of Ravicandra, chief of the group of monks. Dhanakabbe a nun renown for her sterling character, being without food for days, virtuous disposition, adoration, died at Kopanatirtha (undated; C. 11th cent). Her confrere, Abhinandanayya a poet, an orator, reciter, a disputant caused the epitaph.
K.56, K.57, K.58 and K.59
These four charters are much mutilated, fragmentary, incomplete and undated. K.57 has something to say about a māndalika who had the congomen of Ganganārāyana. K.58 speaks of the queens of a king who died of sallekhana and thus it may be related to K.39, discussed earlier. K.59 contains only the usual invocatory Jaina Sanskrit śloka of Srimat-parama gambhira...
K.60
Bijjāmbika (Bijjāmbarsi), daughter of Būtuga Permādi-ll and Padmāvati (Padmabbe), elder sister of Mārasimha ll, wife of Hariga-Mallapa and a lady disciple of pontiff Sridharadeva, earned the appreciation of scholars and poets. After freely distributing her entire property, bid adieu to every day worldly life. She accepted the vow of sallekhanā, achieved the three