Mahavira Jain Vidyalay Suvarna Mahotsav Granth Part 1

Author(s): Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya Mumbai
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Vidyalay

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SOME INSCRIPTIONS AND IMAGES ON MOUNT SATRUNJAYA : 169
Inscription No. 8 is from a mutilated statue of a Jaina householder (śrăvaka) in standing posture, found from an underground chamber. It reads as follows:
() # 8783 at 113 ICHTÀ FÉO ... ... ...ga HË THARU afa: सुतजगपालेन कारिता ॥
According to this inscription, this statue of Minister Prabhāsa, son of.........., was set up by his son Jagapāla of the village of Padra, on the seventh day of the bright fortnight of the month of Phälguna in V. S. 1313.
Inscription No. 9 is obtained on the image of a monk in Shrine No. 701 (Old No. 626). This was read as follows:
(९) सं० १३४२ माघशुदि ८ शुक्रे श्रीनागेंद्रगच्छे पूज्यश्रीगुणसेनसूरीणां मूर्तिः पं०रामचंद्रेण स्वगुरुश्रेयसे इयं मूर्तिः कारिता प्रतिष्ठिता श्रीजिण(न)भद्रसूरिभिः। चंद्राकै यावत् नंदतां ॥
According to the inscription, this image of venerable Sri Gunasenasūrī of Nāgendragaccha was caused to be made by Pt. Ramacandra for the spiritual merit of his preceptor, on Friday, the eighth of the bright half of the month of Māgha in V. S. 1342, and installed by Sri Jinabhadrasuri.
Inscription No. 10 is from a mutilated Jina-image in an underground chamber and was read as under:
(80) #8804 at Arutele so at sitatea maraietarai...... .[ A ] मालदेवसुत महं०सांगणेन स्वमातृबायीहीरनश्रेयसे श्रीअजितनाथबिंबं कारितं ॥
According to it, this image of Ajitanātha was set up by minister Sāngana, son of minister Māladeva, resident of Posināņā for the spiritual welfare of his mother Bayi Hirana, on Monday, the tenth of the dark half of Mārgga in V. S. 1405.