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JAINA EPIGRAPHS IN TAMIL
161 10. dinilai en talai-mēl-ana [|1 *] 11. ... danum-Kālanum mu12. dal-āgiya Mādēvi-Ā13. rāndimaigalam-udaiya 14. Kanakavira-kkurattiyār tan. 15. gal magaļār-ādanamayil 16. iduv-ellān-tan17. gal kāval [1 *] Idapai tin18. gu niņaittār Gangaiy-idai-Kkumari idai 19. elunūtru kādamuñ-ceyda pāva20. n-kolvār kāvalanukku pilaitta
21. r-āvār Notes : (1) In the name Kanakavīra-kurattiyār, kurattiyār is the
honorific plural feminine form of Sanskrit guru. (2) In the place-name Mādēvi-Ārāndi (or Arandi)mangalam, Ārāndi or Ārandi is, in all probability, a derivative of Sanskrit Arhantikā, 'a Buddhist or Jaina nun'. [Published in SII., Vol. III, No. 92]
No. 22.
Sittaņņavāšal, Kulattur Taluk, Tiruchirapalli District. On the rock south of the rock-cut Jaina temple. Dynasty : Pāņdya
King : Srivallabha Date : 9th century A.D.
Language and Alphabet :
Tamil (verse), Tamil Purport: This partly damaged inscription in Tamil verse states that on behalf of the king Srivalluvan, who had the title of avasipaśēkhara, a certain Iļan-Gautaman, who is described as an āśiriyan (= ācārya) of Madurai, repaired the aga-mand apa of the Arivar temple at Annalvāyil and built the mukha-maņdapa in
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