Sovarasi Siddhantideva, Sovarāsi Siddhantideva: 1 definition

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Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Śilāhāras

Sovarāsi Siddhantideva is the name of the pries of the Mādhaveśvara monastary, according to the “Miraj stone inscription of Vijayaditya”. Accordingly, “... on the occasion of the festival of Śivarātri, after washing the feet of Sovarāsi Siddhantideva, the priest of the monastery of that god, and after pouring out water...”

This stone inscription (mentioning Sovarāsi Siddhantideva) was found on a slab built into the wall in the gateway of the fort of Miraj in the present Sānglī District of Mahārāṣṭra. It records that certain merchants who were foremost in the Trading Corporation of the Vīra-Baṇañjas assembled at Seḍambāl as the General Body and donated certain dues on commodities in favour of the god Mādhaveśvara. It is dated on Friday, the sixth Tithip of the bright fortnight of Bhādrapada in the Śaka year 1065, the cyclic year being Dundubhi.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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