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(= Sanskrit: sisya-bhaṭāra an expression by which the disciple/disciples undergoing training as Jaina teacher/ teachers is/are obviously meant.
No. 19.
Kalugumalai, Kovilpatti Taluk, Tirunelveli District. Between the second and third sections of the rock at
Kalugumalai.
Dynasty: Pandya
Date: Regnal year 3 (A.D. 865)
King: Marañjadaiyan Language and Alphabet: Tamil, Vatteluttu
Purport: This inscription, worn-out in parts, refers to the Jaina god Tirumalaidēva of Tiruneccuram in Neccura-nadu and records an arrangement made by Gunasagara-bhațara for feeding five ascetics (vairagyar) including one bhaṭāra who expounded the sacred doctrine (siddhantam uraikkum bhaṭārar).
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1. Sri-kō-Marañjaḍaiyaṛku yāṇḍu [3 vadu] Neccura-na2. ttu Tiruneccurattu Tirumalaittēvarkku Gu
3. pasagara-bhaṭātar seyvitta Kuļuvāņainallu
4. r Milalaikuṛṇattu Perunā[va]lur.. .dāsa
5. n-agiya Mādēvaṇakkan... njirundu siddhantam
6. uraikkum bhaṭarar ulliṭṭ-aivar vayirākki
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7. yarkku āhāra-dānam-āga tan-mudal kuduttu aḍippitta-kinaru . . . . niccilum . . . . ni
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9. ccilum. . . . niccilum palavarai .
10. tiņaikkalattal niccilun-Tirumalai Viranum 11. ka.... suņakan ševvaka . . ....
12. c-cevittan.
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