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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
TEXT.[1] TRANSLATION. (Verse 1.) Let it be victorious,─ the holy religion of the lord of the three worlds, the religion of Jina, the unfailing characteristic of which is the extremely profound scepticism ![3] (Vv. 2-6) After the Śaka years (measured by) the objects of the senses (5), the eyes (2), the arrows (5) and the moon (1)[4] had passed, while the (cyclic) year Śôbhakṛit was current, in the month named Phâlguna, on the brilliant (?) tenth tithi of the bright fortnight, in (the nakshatra) Pushyaka (combined with) Thursday, (and) in the auspicious lagna Mithuna,─ at the divine order of the sage Chârukîrti, the sun on the firmament of the Dêśîgaṇa (and) the moon in the milk-ocean of the pontificate[5] of the town named Beḷguḷa,─ he who was named Timmarâja, the ornament of the family of Châmuṇḍa, the son-in-law of the glorious Râyakuvara, the virtuous son of his sister─ the great queen named Pâṇḍyaka, the younger brother of prince Pâṇḍya, consecrated and set up the Jina named Bhujabalin at the town of Ênûra. (Line 16.) Let there be prosperity ! G.- On the proper left side of the colossus at Vêṇûr ; Saka-Saṁvat 1526.
This inscription (No. 73 of 1901) consists of two verses in the Kanarese alphabet and
language. Like the preceding inscription (F.), it records that the image was set up by Timma,
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