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JAINISM IN SOUTH INDIA
TEXT 1 Karahada Iṁdranāgarņa [ * ]
TRANSLATION Indranāgaņņa of Karahadu (visited this place ).
INSCRIPTION No. 38
(Found in a cave at Kopbal) This was noticed on the same rock as of the previous inscription. Pāyaṇa appears to be a lay disciple like Indranāgaņņa of the former record. The year of the visit of the pilgrim is also recorded herein.
TEXT 1 Pāyaṇa baṁdaru [ * ] Plavamga saṁ [ * ]
TRANSLATION Pāyaṇa visited this place in the cyclic year Plavanga.
INSCRIPTION No. 84
(Found in a cave at Kopbal) This was noticed on the same rock as of the foregoing record. The pilgrim appears to be a divine like Pārisakirti of No. 31. The epithet Māsõpavāsin, meaning 'one who observed the fast of one month' is interesting.
TEXT 1 Māsõpavāsi Mahānaṁdi [ * ]
TRANSLATION Mahānandi, the faster of one month (visited this place).
INSCRIPTION No. 36
(Found in a cave at Kopbal) This was noticed on the same rock as of the preceding inscription. The pilgrim seems to have been either a professional priest of a Jaina temple or a lay disciple associated with one.
TEXT 1 Bastiya Sārtappa [ * ]
TRANSLATION Säntappa of the Basti (Jaina temple) (visited this place ).
INSCRIPTION No. 86
(Found in a cave at Kopbal) This was noticed on the same rock as of the previous inscription. The pilgrim sooms to be a lay follower of the faith.
