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Chidambarandr District
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No. 154
Village
Kajugumalai
Taluk
Kovilpatti
District
Chidambaranār
Findspot
third sections of the
In the second and same rock.
Dynasty
King
Pāņdya Ko Māgańjaờaiyan (Varaguņa II) 3rd regnal year (865 A.D.) Tamil, Vatteluttu
Date
Language
and Script
Contents
Fragmentary. It records some endowment to the deity known as Tirumalaidēvar at Tirunechchuram by one Mahadevan, a resident of the village Perunāvalūr, situated in Nallūr-Milalaikūstam, for feeding five Vairagiyar (monks) and Bhatarar who expounded Siddhanta in the temple. The endowment was entrusted with Gunasā harabhațārar of Tirunechchugam, who was probably the chief among the monks looking after the Jaina establishments at Kalugumalai.
Reference
ARE, 117/1894, SII, Vol. V, No. 406.
Remarks
It is interesting to observe that the Jaina ascetics were also called Vairagis. The monks are said to have expounded Siddhanta (Jaina philosophy), probably to the laity. The Jaina establishments at Kalugumalai had been looked after by Guņasāharabhatāra the chief among the monks.
