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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA given to Trailôkyavallabha, the god of Tirupparuttikkunru, for worship, for the alms-house and for repairs of the temple,─ (the village of) Mahêndramaṅgalam in the division (parru) of Mâvaṇḍûr, (up to its) boundaries on the four sides, as a tax-free paḷḷichchandaṃ,[1] to continue as long as the moon and the sun. Let this pious gift be victorious ! B.- Dated in the Prabhava year. This Grantha inscription (No. 42 of 1890) is engraved on the roof of the maṇḍapa in front of the shrine in the same temple as the preceding inscription (A.), and consists of one Sanskṛit verse in the Śârdûlavikrîḍita metre. It records that the maṇḍapa on which it is found was built by the same general Irugappa, the son of the general Vaichaya, at the instance of (his spiritual preceptor, the Jaina priest) Pushpasêna, in the year Prâbhava. This year might be meant for Parâbhava=A.D. 1366-67, which would, however, fall into the reign of Bukka I. Hence it follows that Prâbhava is used on account of the metre instead of Prabhava=A.D. 1387-88. which falls into the time of Bukka II.,[2] the contemporary of Irugappa.[3] In the inscription the temple of the Jina Vardhamâna is said to have been included in Kâñchî, of which Tirupparuttikkunru[4] was evidently considered a suburb. TEXT.[5] 1 Śrîmat(d-)Vaichaya-daṇḍanâtha-tanayas=saṁvatsarê Prâbhavê saṁkhyáván=Irugappa- daṇḍanṛipatiś=śrî-Pushpaśen-âjñayâ || 2 śrî-Kâñchî-Jina-Varddhamâna-nilayasy=âgrê mahâ-maṇḍapaṁ saṁgît-ârttham= achîkarach=cha śilayâ baddhaṁ samantât sthalam || (Symbol) TRNSLATION. In the year Prâbhava, at the order of the holy Pushpasêna,─ the wise genera Irugappa, the son of the glorious general Vaichaya, caused to be built, in front of the temple of the Jina Varuhamâna at the prosperous Kâñchî, a great hall for concerts and (caused to be) paved with stones the space all round. __________________________ ___________________________________ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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