No. 7. Khaнdagiri inscription of Udyotakesari in Lalatendu-Kesari's Cave.
B.D. Banerji - EI.XIII, No 13.16; |
(BB.) This inscription was discovered in the cave called Lalатеndukеsari's cave or Lion gate by Mr. S. Ganguli, photographer of the Archaeological Survey, in October 1913. It is incised on the back wall of the cave, at a height of about thirty or forty feet from the door of the cave above a group of Jain images of the Digambara sect. It is not in a good state of preservation. The record consists of five lines of characters of the same date as those used in No. XIV and XV. The language used is very incorrect Sanskrit. |
TEXT.
1 Ом щrи-Udyоtakеsari-vijaya-rаjya-samvat 5
2 щrи-Kumаraparvvata-sthаnе jirnna vаpi jirnna Isaнa
3 udyоtita tasmиna thаnе chaturvinsati tиrtha[м]kara
4 sthаpita pratиштhа[kа]lе Ha[ri]-оpa Jasanandika
5 kna(?) da(?) ti('?) drathа (?) Щrи Pаrasyanathasya karmma-khayaх
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Ом expressed by a symbol.
NOTES. (BB.)
We learn from line 2 that the ancient name of Khandagiri is Kumаraparvata. The
Hаthigumphа inscription of Khаravеla mentions Kumаrиparvata as the ancient name of
Udayagiri. The twin hills seem to have been known as the Kumаra-Kumаrи-parvata up to
the tenth or eleventh century A.D.