inscriptions in the hassan district

88 Belur Taluq.
and is expanded. Who art thou?—Kama.—What are theso?—The five arrows
that overcome Han, Hara and Vidhi. — What is this? — A bow (dharmma).
What is this? —The bow-string, like a line of bees. — What are you here for? —
In order to fight. — He shines with unnumbered bow-strings (otherwise, virtues),
ten kinds of bows (otherwise, merits), and endless arRows (otherwise, arguments),—
therefore do service to the lotus-feet of Balendu-yogi. Who, like
a sun to the lotuses the bowing Bhavyas (or Jains), gave instruction in Anupieksha,
a science which goes beyond the refutations of logic Able in
confuting at sight by illustrations and proofs the premises of Akshapada
(the rishi Gautama), was Balendu-muni.
May it increase, the .Tina sasana. The pancha-parameshtis are our refuge.
Obeisance to Balachaudra-pandita-deva. Om. Hrim. Hram.
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Date 1279 A. D
Praise of the Jina-sasana.
In the golden mountain the Sri-saiigha, is the tree of plenty the Dosiyagana,
whose branches are the Pustaka-gachchha, the Kundakundanvaya its
root, and the Ingalesvara-bah its twigs. Descended in that celebrated line
was Kulabhushana-9aiddhfintika, whose disciple was Nimba-Deva-samanta, the
founder of a great Jina temple. His guru for penance was Maghanandi-saiddhautika-chakravartti.
Obeisance to Gandhavimukta, whose disciple was Subhanandi-saiddhatita.
His disciple was Charukirtti-pandita-deva, whoso disciple Samudayada-Mighanandi-bhattaiaka
do I reverence He had two disciples, — Nemichandia-bhatturaka-deva
and Abhayachandra-saiddhanti. Of those two, to describe the greatness
of Abhayachandra-SKldhanta-chakra' — with the Pramdna-doayi, which were
like the twin rivers the Ganga and Sindhu issuing from the Himavat mountain
Jinendra, he expanded prosody, logic, vocabulary, grammar, philosophy and
rhetoric, and with the thunderbolt of his own learning split the sky-touchmg
mountains of evil creeds, — this Abhayendu-yatipa, siddhanta-chakradhipa
Those two being respectively his diksha-guru and sruta-guru, the celebrated
Balachandra-bratisa do I reverence. His disciple was Abhayach.indra,
Balachandra's son. In the night (on the date specified), knowing it was his
time for the tomb, forsaking all food, purifying his body, without fear so
that all the world applauded, taking to the paryyankdsana (or couch), as if
saying "I will certainly show my brightness in heaven 1 ', Abhayachandra, the
great saiddhantika, reached the abode of the gods. The citizens of Dorasamudra
raised a high monument for him and undertook the promotion of his fame
and merit.