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Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
No. 153
Village
Kalugumalai Kovilpatti
Taluk
District
Chidambaranır
Findspot
In the second and third sections of the same rock.
Dynasty
Pāņdya
King
Ko Māgańjadaiyan (Varaguņa II)
Date
3rd regnal year (865 A.D.)
Tamil, Vaţteluttu
Language
and Script
Contents
It records the construction of a well and the gift of some land for providing food to the ten Bhatarar expounding Siddhanta, and Vairagiyar (monks) in the Tirumalai temple at Tirunēchchugam, by Siddhan of the village at Kādantaikuņi, situated in Nallūrtumbūrkūljam. The gift was entrusted with Guņasā harabhațāra of Tirunēchchugam. The epigraph also refers to the names of some persons, probably connected with the endowment.
Reference
ARE, 116/1894, SII, Vol. V, No. 405.
Remarks
The King, Ko Māraňjadaiyan, is identified with Varaguņa II whose date of accession is 862 A.D.
