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Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
No. 191
Village
Nāgercoil
Taluk
Agasteeswaram
District
Kanyākumari
Findspot
On the backwall of the Krishņa shrine in the Nā garāja temple.
Dynasty
King
Date
Kollam 764 (1588 A.D.)
Tamil
Language
and Script
Contents
Records that Tirukkupukkaiperumal of Kumbikulam in Karunkula-valanādu made a gift of sixtyfive panam, and from the interest of which daily offerings at the rate of one ulakku of rice had to be provided to the Nāga and Nāgarāja in the temple.
Reference
ARE, 57/1896, TAS., Vol. IV, pt, 2, No. 122, p. 166, Kanyakumari Inscriptions, pt. III, No, 279/1968.
Remarks
The places Kumbikulam and Karunkulam still retain their old names, and are found in the Paņakudi taluk of Tirunelveli Kattabomman district. The deities Nāga and Nāgarāja are called Nayinār Nāgar and Tiruvanantā var in the present record.
