The Jaina Antiquary June 1950

A -XII 19-21 Bombay 1883; D. C Sarkar-- Successors of Satwahanas p. 300; and others who believe in the contemporaneity of Pojyap5da and Durvinita and prefer for the latter the later of the two dates No I I Jaina Gurus of the Name of PrijyapAda 3 (2) the Pujyapada Devanandi mentioned in the Pattivalis of the Nandi-Satigha of Mula-satigha Kunl kund-anvaya. [...] (3) Pujyapada the preceptor of Vajranandi who according to the Dariana-sara of DE:vasena (933 A. D.) founded the DravidSmigha in Vikrama Sariavata 526' (4) The Pujyapada of the Ganga record; and tradition who is believed to have been the spiritual preceptor and teacher of Ganga King Durvinita.7 who is assigned by some to the end of the 5th and beginning of the 6th century A. D and by others [...] Translcebn.—In the reign of Devaputra king Kanishka in the year 17 in the second month oc winter season in the 25th day; On the date specified as above at the request of Kaugikt Griharakshita out of the Kottiya gala out of the Santinika kula out of the Vaira Sakha The inscription is in fact incomplete. [...] With a view to study in detail the religious practices the habit and other items connected with the life of a modern Jain monk so as to find a link between the modern practices and the old ones the present author carried on investigation into the daily routine of monks and nuns belonging to the different Sects of Jainism the mode of worship in the local temples their management etc. [...] This is a three storeyed building painted in gaudy colours The entrance to the temple is distinctive inasmuch as the gates of the building a:e covered with a sheet of silver conveying to the mind of the visitor the richness of the temple.