<p class="bodytext">An unpublished Jain inscription in Kannada belonging to the medieval period was found in a Jain Basadi in Kalasa, Chikkamagaluru district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was found carved on the back of an idol of Chandranatha Tirthankara in 10 lines, said T Murugeshi, associate professor in Ancient History and Archaeology, MSRS College, Shirva.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The inscription states, “Angirasa Samvatsara Aashada Suddha Dasami Murara Vivaradalu...” which indicates that the date is 1512 AD.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The inscription further states, “On the specified date and day, Devachandra Deva, a Jain teacher of Panasoge Bali, is said to have installed a miniature Chandranatha Tirthankara. It is said that he was unhappy with an event that he saw and heard.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Devachandra was a disciple of Lalithakirti Acharya of Panasoge, a small village in K R Nagar taluk of the Mysuru district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chandranatha Tirthankara was the eighth among 24 Tirthankaras and Jwalamalini was his consort. Simhanagadde, situated near Kalasa, was a famous Jain centre for Jwalamalini, said Murugeshi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The associate professor has thanked Sushmitha K Kalasa, a PhD student of Kannada University, Hampi, and also Ajith, priest of the Jain Basadi at Kalasa, for their help and support during the study of this inscription.</p>
<p class="bodytext">An unpublished Jain inscription in Kannada belonging to the medieval period was found in a Jain Basadi in Kalasa, Chikkamagaluru district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was found carved on the back of an idol of Chandranatha Tirthankara in 10 lines, said T Murugeshi, associate professor in Ancient History and Archaeology, MSRS College, Shirva.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The inscription states, “Angirasa Samvatsara Aashada Suddha Dasami Murara Vivaradalu...” which indicates that the date is 1512 AD.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The inscription further states, “On the specified date and day, Devachandra Deva, a Jain teacher of Panasoge Bali, is said to have installed a miniature Chandranatha Tirthankara. It is said that he was unhappy with an event that he saw and heard.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Devachandra was a disciple of Lalithakirti Acharya of Panasoge, a small village in K R Nagar taluk of the Mysuru district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chandranatha Tirthankara was the eighth among 24 Tirthankaras and Jwalamalini was his consort. Simhanagadde, situated near Kalasa, was a famous Jain centre for Jwalamalini, said Murugeshi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The associate professor has thanked Sushmitha K Kalasa, a PhD student of Kannada University, Hampi, and also Ajith, priest of the Jain Basadi at Kalasa, for their help and support during the study of this inscription.</p>
