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APPENDIX C
TRANSLATION OF FARMAN NO. 3
ALLAHU AKBAR
(Rendering)
(Of the Farman under the contract dated the 26th of the month of Farwardin, year =)
Let the great governors of all the protected States, the great ministers, the clerks of great civil works, the managers of the -administration, the Jagirdars and the Karodis know that along with the opinion of conquering the world our just aim is associated with pleasing the Almighty, and the entire purpose of our opinion is directed towards pleasing the whole world that is created by God, (and) in particular we pay (more) attention to satiating those persons who possess sacred ideas and aim at emancipation and whose aim is to search for truth and to attain God. Hence this time Vivekaharsh, Paramanand,? Mahanand and Udayaharsh, who
I. This Vivekaharsh was a very great Jain Sadhu. He was a disciple of Pandit Harshanand. He had made several kings undertake to shew kindness to auimals, by virtue of his religious discourses. In particular he had converted King Bharmalla of Cutch to Jainism. He had also carried out several installations in Bhuj, Raipur, Khakhar and Layja.
2. This Paramanand also was a disciple of Pandit Harshanand and was closely connected with the aforesaid Vivekaharsh.
3. This Matanand was a disciple of the aforesaid Vivekaharsh. He had composed 654427ta" in the village of Atsoo on Sunday, the 8th day of the dark half of Magshar, V. S. 1669.
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