![One of the stone face inscriptions found in a village near Dharwad district, northwest Karnataka. A part of the inscription states in Sanskrit-Kannada hybrid language, the following about Kodiya matha: There is the Kōḍiyamaṭha, the place of Dakṣiṇakēdāra (dakṣiṇakēdārasthāna), location of a beautiful field of crops [which are] like hairs bristling for the worship of the Śivaliṅga; the established place (niṣṭhitasthāna) for the ritual practice of the Śaiva ascetics who are perpetual chaste students; a place for the self-recitation (svādhyāyasthāna) of the four Vedas— the Ṛg, Yajus, Sāma, and Ātharva—along with their ancillary treatises; a place for teaching (byākhyānasthāna) grammar, like the systems of Kumāra, Pāṇini, Śākaṭāyana, and the Śabdānuśasana; a place for teaching the six systems of philosophy—namely the Nyāya, Vaiśeṣika, Mīmāṃsā, Sāṃkhya, Buddhist, etc.; a place for teaching the treatises on Yoga— namely the Lākulasiddhānta, the work of Patañjali, and others; a place for various [branches of] learning (vividhavidyāsthāna), such as the 18 Purāṇas, the Dharmaśāstras, all Kāvya compositions, drama, dance, and so on; a place for the provision of food (annadā- nasthāna) to the poor, the helpless, the crippled, the blind, the deaf, story-tellers, singers, musicians, flute-players, dancers, Vaitāḻikas, the naked, the injured, the mendicants coming from various regions, like Jain mendicants, those bearing a single or triple staff, the haṃsa and paramahaṃsa mendicants; a place for the medical treatment (bhaiṣajyasthāna) of the diseases of the many helpless and sick; a place for offering protection (abhāyapra- dānasthāna) to all living beings. Sources (translation): 1. Fleet (1899), Epigraphia Indica, Vol 5, pp. 213–261 2. Florinda De Simini (2016), Of Gods and Books, Ritual and Knowledge Transmission in the Manuscript Cultures of Premodern India, De Gruyter, pp. 166-188 This is a photograph of a 12th-century inscription whose image was published in 1899. It qualifies as 2D-Art. Any rights I have as a photographer are herewith donated to wikimedia commons with CC 4.0 license.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/12th-century_Ablur_Shiva_temple_Kodiya_matha_stone_inscription%2C_Sanskrit_Kannada.jpg)
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One of the stone face inscriptions found in a village near Dharwad district, northwest Karnataka.
A part of the inscription states in Sanskrit-Kannada hybrid language, the following about Kodiya matha: There is the Kōḍiyamaṭha, the place of Dakṣiṇakēdāra (dakṣiṇakēdārasthāna), location of a beautiful field of crops [which are] like hairs bristling for the worship of the Śivaliṅga; the established place (niṣṭhitasthāna) for the ritual practice of the Śaiva ascetics who are perpetual chaste students; a place for the self-recitation (svādhyāyasthāna) of the four Vedas— the Ṛg, Yajus, Sāma, and Ātharva—along with their ancillary treatises; a place for teaching (byākhyānasthāna) grammar, like the systems of Kumāra, Pāṇini, Śākaṭāyana, and the Śabdānuśasana; a place for teaching the six systems of philosophy—namely the Nyāya, Vaiśeṣika, Mīmāṃsā, Sāṃkhya, Buddhist, etc.; a place for teaching the treatises on Yoga— namely the Lākulasiddhānta, the work of Patañjali, and others; a place for various [branches of] learning (vividhavidyāsthāna), such as the 18 Purāṇas, the Dharmaśāstras, all Kāvya compositions, drama, dance, and so on; a place for the provision of food (annadā- nasthāna) to the poor, the helpless, the crippled, the blind, the deaf, story-tellers, singers, musicians, flute-players, dancers, Vaitāḻikas, the naked, the injured, the mendicants coming from various regions, like Jain mendicants, those bearing a single or triple staff, the haṃsa and paramahaṃsa mendicants; a place for the medical treatment (bhaiṣajyasthāna) of the diseases of the many helpless and sick; a place for offering protection (abhāyapra- dānasthāna) to all living beings. Sources (translation): 1. Fleet (1899), Epigraphia Indica, Vol 5, pp. 213–261 2. Florinda De Simini (2016), Of Gods and Books, Ritual and Knowledge Transmission in the Manuscript Cultures of Premodern India, De Gruyter, pp. 166-188 This is a photograph of a 12th-century inscription whose image was published in 1899. It qualifies as 2D-Art. Any rights I have as a photographer are herewith donated to wikimedia commons with CC 4.0 license. |
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