Udayagiri, Jain cave interior.

Udayagiri, Jaina Cave Inscription

First reported (with eye copy, transliteration and translation by Raja Shivprasad Sitar-e-Hind) in ASIR 10: 53-54

“Salutation to the Siddhas! The glorious sea of merits, the family of the Guptas (were) good kings. During the very prosperous reign of these kings, in the year one hundred and six, on the fifth day of the waxing moon of the month of Kârttika, at the mouth of the cave, the statue of Pàrswa Jina (Pârasnâth), serene, grand, and great, was set up by Sangkara. He was a discipline of the Achârya Go ** Muni, who was an ornament amongst the descendants of the Achârya Bhadra, born of an Aryan family; (he was) the son of the hero, the commander of cavalry Padmâvani, unconquerable by enemies, and famous in the world; (and) had subdued his passions and assumed the life of a yati with ceremony. He was born in the northern country (Udagriśádeśa) like another Uttara-kuru for the destruction of the enemy, Karmma (work). He made this meritorious work”

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