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JAINA EPIGRAPHS IN TAMIL
151
Purport: Records a gift of 50 sheep to Tirukkātsāmballi at Kurandi in Veņbu-nādu in order to supply to the temple 5 nāļi of ghee everyday.
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1. Srimat-ko-Māțañjadaiyağku yāṇ2. du muppattaiñ ju idan-edi[r*] 3. [āju] ivv-aņdu Veņbu-ņā4. třu-Kkusaņdi Tirukkāțțāmba5. llikku allattu iqu Oladū6. r-kil Pāmbārūr tingal añ7. ñāli ney ațţa aqutta ādu ai
8. mbadu [|*] Notes: Like the stone bearing inscription No. 10 above,
this wing-stone also must have been brought from the Tirukkāțţămbaļļi Jaina temple at Kusaņdi and inserted in the Kālanāthasvāmin temple at some later date.
[Published in ibid., No. 39]
No. 12.
Ēruvādi, Nanguneri Taluk, Tirunelveli District. On a boulder in the Irațțaipottai rock. Dynasty : Pāņdya
King : Mārañjadaiyan Date : Regnal year 43
Language and Alphabet : (799 A.D.)
Tamil Purport : This weather-worn inscription seems to reeord a gift of land by Irambāțțu-vējān Sattan as palļiccandam to the god (bhațāra) of Tiruviruttalai-Aruvāļam in Nātļāļruppõkku and a gift of sheep for a lamp. A Tamil verse at the end, composed by the donor himself, contains an exhortation to all to offer worship to the Aruhan on the hill.
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