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APPENDIX
Cēra family having become decayed in course of time, they were restored and placed under worship by Vidukādalagiya-Perumāļ, son of Rājarāja and a later descendant of Elini. The Sanskrit verse in lines 3-7 names Elini as Yavanika and describes him as the ruler of Kēraļa while the name Vidukādalagiya is rendered into Sanskrit as Vyāmuktaśravaņājvala.
1. Svasti śri [ 1 | *] Cēra-vaṁsattu Adigaimān Elini
ceyda dharmmam [] *] 2. Yakşaraiyum Yakşiyāraiyum elund-aruļu vittu erimaņi
yum is 3. ttu-kkaờappēri-kkaluri-kaņdu kuduttan || Srimat
Kēraļa-bhūbhr4. tā Yavanika-nāmnā sudharmmātmanā Tungir-āhvaya
maņdal-Arha-sugirau 5. Yakşēšvarau kalpitau [1 ] paschāt-tat-kula-bhūşan
adhika6. nộpa-sri-Rājarāj-ātmaja-Vyāmuktaśravaņājvalēna Ta
kață-nāthēna jirņņā7. ddhịtau [|1 *) Vañjiyar kulapatiy-Elini vaguttav
Iyakkar-Iyakkiyaro8. d-eñjiyav-alivu tiruttiy-iv-Eąguņav-ițai-Tirumalai vait
tan a9. ñcitan vaļi-varum-avan vali mudal-igali [adigana
vagan] . nul viñjaiyar 10. [stha) la punaitāga maiyar kāvalan Viąukādaļagiya
Perumāļei[| *] Notes: The Sanskrit verse names the hill on which the images
were carved as, Arha[t*]-sugiri while the Tamil portion names it as Engunav-iņai-Tirumalai. "En-gunan is an attribute of the Arhat. The eight qualities are, according to Jaina books: infinite wisdom, omniscience, omnipotence, boundless happiness, being nameless, without descent, without age and unobstructed." [Published in SII., Vol. I, p. 107, footnote 1.]
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