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112
Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
Date
48th regnal year (1118 A.D)
Tamil
Language
and Script
Contents
Records that a golden vimana with a mandapa to mukkudaiyar was constructed at Kumbanūr in Sengă ţţirukkai, a sub-division of Veņbu-valanādu. Two copper images of the god and the Yakshi were also presented. It is also stated that some lands for a temple site and a water-shed for the use of Jaina devotees were given.
Reference
ARE, 397/1914.
Remarks
The inscription belongs to the Jaina temple called Ambalappaśvāmi, of which the basement alone now remains and two Jaina images placed over it. It is learnt that about 25 individuals, of whom some were evidently well versed in the Tamil language, built for the god of the tripple umbrella (i.e., Jina) a temple and a golden shrine, and presented stone and metallic images of the god and his Yakshi. They also provided for processions, established a water-shed and a well for the use of the Jaina devotees and gave lands for the up-keep of the above mentioned charities. ARE, 1914-15, pt. II, p. 99.
