Some Inscriptions And Images In Mount Satrunjaya

Author(s): Ambalal P Shah
Publisher: Ambalal P Shah

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SOME INSCRIPTIONS AND IMAGES ON MOUNT SATRUNJAYA : 169 Inscription No. 8 is from a mutilated statue of a Jaina householder (sravaka) in standing posture, found from an underground chamber. It reads as follows : (c) to P383 and Tube U TEHA HEO.........THE THTAKT qfa: सुतजगपालेन कारिता // According to this inscription, this statue of Minister Prabhasa, son of.........., was set up by his son Jagapala of the village of Padra, on the seventh day of the bright fortnight of the month of Phalguna 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: (9) सं० 1342 माघशुदि 8 शुक्रे श्रीनागेंद्रगच्छे पूज्यश्रीगुणसेनसूरीणां मूर्तिः पं०रामचंद्रेण स्वगुरुश्रेयसे इयं मूर्तिः कारिता प्रतिष्ठिता श्रीजिण(न)भद्रसूरिभिः। चंद्रा यावत् नंदतां // According to the inscription, this image of venerable Sri Gunasenasuri of Nagendragaccha 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 Magha 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: (po) taal 8806 al aportale so ah stattfaruraleleysi....[]go मालदेवसुत महं०सांगणेन स्वमातृबायीहीरनश्रेयसे श्रीअजितनाथबिंब कारितं // According to it, this image of Ajitanatha was set up by minister Sangana, son of minister Maladeva, resident of Posinana for the spiritual welfare of his mother Bayi Hirana, on Monday, the tenth of the dark half of Margga in V. S. 1405.