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JAINA EPIGRAPHS IN TAMIL
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yāṇdu 12 āvadu Jayangonda-śõla-magdalattu
Ppāngala-nāļļu naduvil-vagai Mugai-nāțju-ppalli24. ccandam Vaigāvūr-Tirumalaidēvasku Iļaiya-mani
nangai vaitta tiru-nandāviļakk-onru [1*) Idarku bhūmi
tirutta-kkudutta 25. kāšu irubadu [1*] I-ppūmiyāl candrādittavar
i-vviļakku i-ppaļļi uqaiya Ārambhaņandikku
nittam nandāvilakk-onru22. m [1*] Pallavarasar dēviyār Sinnavaiyār candrādit
tavar vaitta nandāviļakk-onrukku kudutta kāśu onbadu (II*]
Notes: P. B. Desai (Jainism in South India, pp. 43-44) sug
gests (p. 44, f. n. 2) that the name Arambhaņandi may stand for Rşabhanātha, the first Tirthankara.
[Published in ibid., No. 68]
No. 78.
· Tirumalai, Polur Taluk, North Arcot District. On a smooth piece of rock near a rock-cut Jaina figure on the top of the hill. Dynasty : Cõla
King: Parakēšarivarman
(Rājēndra I) Date : Regnal year 13
Language and Alphabet : (1025 A.D.)
Tamil, Tamil and Grantha Purport: Records a gift of money for a lamp and for offerings to to the Jaina temple, called Kundavai-Jinālaya, on the hill by Cāmuggabbai, the wife of the merchant Napnappayap of Malliyūr in Perumbāņappādi.
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(Lines 1 to 11 and part of line 12 contain the usual Tamil prasasti of the ruler)
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