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APPENDIX
Purport: This damaged inscription seems to record a grant of land in Periyapallivayal as palsiccandam to Nāyaṇār Tirumāņaimalai-Alvar by Pāmbaiyūr-udaiyān Senguļi Ānainaditēnār Perumagan alias Gangādhara, a merchant. Kanakacandra-paņdita and his disciple Dhanmadēva-ācārya are mentioned.
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.... ruvanmarāna Tribhuvanaccakravartigal Sundarapāņdiyadevarkku yāndu ........ di-konda-śõla- ...
....... tu Telingakulakālapuram-āņa Kulõttungaśõja-pațțaņattu palliccandam-āna An............................. ............................ Udaiyār Kanakacandira-paņditar māņākkar Dhanmadēva-ācāriyanum Tiruppalli.........1 Āļvār māņākkar..................... Ālvān pari ...............
........nagarattu viyāpāri Pāmbaiyūr-udaiyan Senguļi Ānainaditēnār-perumagan-āņa Gengādharar kkukalvețți i-ppira ...... ....... dutta paris-āvadu Periyapallivayalil Nāyaṇār Tirumānaimalai-.lvār palsiccandamāy-engaļukku arccanā-bhogamāy varugira nilam irangu māvuk........................... lai āvadu kilpākkellai ikkuļattil karaikku mērkum tenpakkellai kal-kulumiyi . na... terku nõkki pāmēkk-õdiya vākkālukku .
Notes: 1) The hillocks near Ammāśattiram served, in days of yore,
as the abodes of the Jaina ascetics. Two other inscriptions from the village call the local deity as Tiruppalli
malai-Āļvār (See SII., Vol. XVII, Introduction, p. vii). 2) It is very probable that the village name Ammāšattiram
is a corrupt form of the earlier name Aman-battiram (Sanskrit : Sramanasattra).
[Published in SII., Vol., XVII, No. 397]
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