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JAINA EPIGRAPHS IN TAMIL
No. 5
PAĻĻANKOVIL, TIRUTTURAIPPUNDI TALUK,
TANJAVUR DISTRICT
Copper-plate set recovered at the time of ploughing a field in the village.
Dynasty: Pallava Date: Regnal year 6 (6th Century A.D.)
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Purport: Records the royal grant of the village Amaņśērkkai (Śraman-āśrama in the Sanskrit portion), situated in Perunagaranāḍu, a sub-division within Veņkunra-kkōṭṭam, as palliccandam to Vajranandi-kuravar (Vajranandi-gaņi in the Sanskrit portion) of Paruttikkunṛu (Vardhamana-dharmatirtha in the Sanskrit portion). Also records the grant of some land in Tamar as palliccandam to the same donee. The said grants were made for the worship of Jinendra and the Jainendras.
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King Simhavarma Language and Alphabet : Sanskrit in Grantha, Tamil in Tamil
[Lines 1 to 26, 24 of them engraved on three sides of the first two plates, and the remaining two engraved on the first side of the third plate, are in Grantha characters and Sanskrit language.]
Third Plate: First side
27. kō Višaiya- Simhavarmmaṛku yāṇḍ-āṛāvadu Veņ
28.
kunṛa-kkōṭṭattu-Pperunagara-nāṭṭu nāṭṭar
29. kanga [1] Tan-nāṭṭu Amaņsērkkai Parutti
30. kkuntil Vajranandi-kkuravarkku-ppaļļiccandam-ā31. ga-kkuḍuttōn-tāngaļum paḍāgai naḍandu kal32. lun-kaļliyun-nāṭṭi aṛaiy-ōlai seydu ko
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