Sumati Jnana

Author(s): Shivkant Dwivedi, Navneet Jain
Publisher: Shantisagar Chhani Granthamala

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Jaina Inscriptions from Khajuraho 2. Jasapāla Deudharā
Rajapala XIV. The inscription on a mutilated image of śāntinātha records the names of Durlabhanandī Ācārya, his disciple Ravichandra Ācārya, and his disciple Sarvanandi Ācārya. The image is preserved in the Jardine museum. XV. Two black stone images of the Jardine museum (Acc. no. 1720 & 1727) bear the inscriptions. The text is as follows: (i) Sri Amranardī bhatāraka // Kulamdharasuta Jinadāsasya Gharavāsasya Jinālayam // (ii) ...// rasasya // Śrī Āmranandi bhațāraka // Kālaseñasya Jiņālayam Jenālayaṁ // XVI. On the pedestal of eight handed dancing image of Kshetrapāla, placed in a niche of the left entrance door of the ardhamandapa of Sāntiātha temple (no. 1), an inscription is carved in two lines!4. The text is as follows: 1. Śrī Varerdanāma kshetrapālas yo yasya2. sho satasya dīyatāmiti XVII. On the door lintel of Mahāvīra temple (no. 7th of 2nd), below the sculptures of Tīrthankara and devotees there is an inscription but due to the lime filling it is not obvious, and here a tentative reading of the inscription is proposed that is: .... Śrī Āmanandīya / Śrī Yoganandi / Śrī Meghasimha / Śrī Kanakanandā / Śrī Sādhavajatu | Śrī Savasena / Śrī Kalasanaṁdā / Śrī Dhīraka.../ Śrī Lokanaṁdī / Śrī Āryanamdīya. Katavadeva / Śrī Vāruchỉdra / Śrī Vandhudeva Śrī Sambhavadeva / Śrī Dāsanaṁdī /...rājāi Śrī Vilhaņkīrtti. Śrī Jayadeva / Śrī Vāgadeva / Śrī Pāhillakāgusamayandratha/
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14. Singh, A., "Fresh Reading of Four Small Khajuraho Inscriptions, Prachya Pratibha, 13, p. 102, pl. 2.