Sambodhi 1998 Vol 22

Author(s): Jitendra B Shah, N M Kansara
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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HAMPA NAGARAJAIAH
SAMBODHI
Prosperity be to the śāsana of Samantabhadra, of the learned Pūjyapāda, of Akalamka-guru, (the śāsana) of the lord Jina
Yasya saddharma-māhātmyāt saukhyam jagmur muniśvarah Tasya sri-pārsvanāthasya sāsanam varddhatām ciram ||
[EC Vol VII(R) Nāgamamgala 64 (IV Ng 76) AD 1145 p 45] May the doctrine of that Pārsvanátha, by the greatness of whose good law the great sages obtain bliss, increase for ever
Yen ayol na vēsma sthiram arthavidhau vivekinā jina-veśma | Sa vijayatām ravkirtih kavitāśritā-kālıdāsa-bhāravi-kīrtih 11 [El VI 634 A. Dlhole (Bijapur district / Badami tq)
PP 1-12, Arayāgīti = May that Ravikīrti be victonous, who full of discernment has used the abode of Jina, firmly built of stone, for a new treatment of his theme and who, thus by his poetic skill, has attained to the fame of Kālıdāsa and of Bhāravi The author of this poetic composition is the famous poet-laureate of Pulikesin II, written in the year Saka Samvat 556 (A. D 634) This is not an invocatory verse in the sense that this is the last verse of the inscription
Viro Višishtām vinatāya rātım ih trilõkair-abhi-varnyateyah Nurasta-karmmā-nikhilārttha-vēdī pāyād-asau paschima-tirttha-näthah 11
[EC II (R) 360(254) 1398 P 215-16 Upajätı metre) May the destroyer of karma (sin), knower of all things, Vira, the last Tirthanātha (Tirthankara, the omniscient spirtual teacher of the Jains, who is also a builder of the ford for Jains to follow), who is praised by the three worlds as the maker of an excellent gift to his devotee, protect(us)
Śrtyam kriyāsur jagatām adhrsvarās Sam anta-bhadrām-akalanka-nis calām ! Tamo pa(hārā)ya jinēndra-bhānavah Sphuranti võ yan-nayamāna bhänavah || [SII Vol XX. No 52 A. D 1077-78]
May the Suns in the form of Jinendras, who are the overlords of the worlds and whose rays have been flashing upwards (?), bring (Kuryāsuh) that wealth (glory) which is auspicious allround (Samantabhadrām) and which is steady without any blemish (Akalankanścıltäm)