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Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
No. 4
Village
Aiyyampāļayam (Aivarmalai)
Taluk
Palani
District
Annā
Findspot
Below the sixth image near the natural cavern in the Aivarmalai
Dynasty
(Pāņdya)
King
Date
A.D. 9th century characters
Tamil, Vatteluttu
Language
and Script
Contents
Much damaged. Records that the work (of having done the image) was that of a disciple, whose name is lost. ARE, 693/1905, SII, Vol. XIV, No. 109.
Reference
Remarks
The Vațțeluttu inscriptions from Aiyyampāļayam, Ānaimalai, Uttamapalayam, Kilakkuļi and Pēchchippallam are assigned to the Pāņdya kings of the 9th century A.D. SII, Vol. XIV, p. 63.
Some of the inscriptions have been edited by K. V. Ramesh, and his reading is followed here. See, A. Chakravarti, Jaina literature in Tamil, (ed. K. V. Ramesh), Appendix - I.
