North Indian Inscriptions

INSCRIPTIONS OF THE SILAHARAS OF KOLHAPUR

the son and successor of Gaṇḍarāditya. Bālachandra is described in that work as the Āchārya of the Chandraprabha temple called on and successor of Gaṇḍarāditya. Bālachandra is described in that work as the Āchārya of the Chandraprabha temple called Tribhuvanatilaka. It seems, therefore, that like the Rūpanārayaṇa temple of Pārśvanātha built by Nimbarasa near the Śukravāra gate in Kolhāpur, this temple of Chandraprabha also bore the name of a biruda of Gaṇḍarāditya, viz. Tribhuvanatilaka. The present inscription mentions the names of two Jaina ascetics, viz. Tribhuvanachandra and Nāgachandra-Sāiddhāntika. They were evidently the sadharmas of Bālachandra. Another sadharma of the latter, viz. Śubhachandra is mentioned in the afore- mentioned Nēmināthapurāṇa of KarṇIt seems, therefore, that like the Rūpanārayaṇa temple of Pārśvanātha built by Nimbarasa near the Śukravāra gate in Kolhāpur, this temple of Chandraprabha also bore the name of a biruda of Gaṇḍarāditya, viz. Tribhuvanatilaka. The present inscription mentions the names of two Jaina ascetics, viz. Tribhuvanachandra and Nāgachandra-Sāiddhāntika. They were evidently the sadharmas of Bālachandra. Another sadharma of the latter, viz. Śubhachandra is mentioned in the aforementioned Nēmināthapurāṇa of Karṇaparya.

..The grant of land mentioned before was made on the occasion of a lunar eclipse in Śaka 1040 (expressed in decimal figures only), when the cyclic year was Vilambi(ba). The name of the lunar month in which the eclipse occurred is not mentioned. There were two lunar eclipses in that Śaka year, viz. one which occurred on Wednesday, the full-moon tithi of Jyēshṭha (5th June A.D. 1118) and the other which occurred on the full-moon tithi of Mārgaśīrsha (30th November A.D. 1118). One of these was the date of this grant. It cannot be verified in the absence of the mention of a week-day or a nakshatra, but it may be noted that the cyclic year corresponding to Śaka 1040 was Vilamba as stated here.

.. As for the localities mentioned in the present grant, Vagubana-Hērilage is evidently identical with the village Herle where the inscribed stone was found. It is situated in the Hātakaṇaṅgale tālukā, as stated above. This village is different from another of a similar name, viz. Hāvina-Hērilage mentioned in the Kolhāpur stone inscription of Vijayāditya (No. 53), which is described as situated in the Ājiragē-khōlla. The latter, as shown hereafter, is probably identical with modern Here in the Bhudargaḍ tālukā. Both these villages were situated in the country of Eḍenāḍa. Eḍenāḍa finds mention in two other records, viz. the two Kolhāpur stone inscriptions of Bhōja II (Nos. 58 and 59). The villages Tīravāḍa (modern Tiravaḍe in the Bhudargaḍ tālukā) and Kopparavāḍa (modern Koparḍe, about seven miles west of Kolhāpur) are described as situated in Eḍenāḍa division. The latter, therefore, roughly corresponded to the modern Kolhāpur District.

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[1] From an estampage supplied by the Chief Epigraphist.
[2] Expressed by an ornate symbol.
[3] Metre : Anushṭubh.
[4] Metre : Kaṁda.
[5] Metre : Mahāsragdharā.
[6] Metre : Kaṁda.
[7] Metre of this and the following verse : Champakamale.