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JAINISM IN SOUTH INDIA Sanskrit. This symbol is characteristically Jaina in conception and execution. Instapoes of this practice are found in the Tamil country also. The river Tungabhadrā, which is a few miles away from Kopbal, seems to have been refered to in the gontext of the boundaries of the gift land.
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.. Padmāvati .. ... Rāja-Śröshthi-[ni ]yoga. ...raja-rājat-kiriţa-tata-pūjita..... ... bhřimhganum ... ... ... nirupama
mahime ......... prasāda-datta ....... ............... dakshiņāsēsha .............. ...... Pratāpa-chakravartti Simhana
............ [Saka-varsha ] 1163neya Sa( Śā)rvva[rī]-samvatsarada. .... dharmma-kārya-nimittam.... .......ghale ...... mattaru 10............ ......... mukkodeya kal ...... ......... mukkodeya kal ......... mukkodeya kal ........... ......... makkodeya kal ......... gõpura-purah-sthāpita-chchhatra-traya .................. dakshiņasyām disiT urga ...... gulmah. ...... sthāpita-chatuḥ-koņa-gilā 1 ......... pradēša-sthāpita-silā ...
ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS
...... Padmavati .........
............Office of Merchant Prince .........a bee (in the lotus feet)...... adored by the glimmering coronets of kings ... ... ... ... unparallelled eminence ............conferred by the grace...........................all the southern (countries)
................ Simbaņa, Paramount overlord of prowess.............. in the Saka year 1163 and the cyc ic year Sārvarī.........for the charitable purpose..................ghale.........mattaru 10............stone with the figure of the triple umbrella ............stone with the figure of the triple umbrella ........ ...stone with the figure of the triple umbrella, set up in front of the tower........ ...............cluster.........[Tungabhadrā] towards the southern direction.........
