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Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
No. 416
Village
Chittâmũr
Taluk
Gingee South Arcot
District
Findspot
On the base of the mukhaman dapa in front of the central shrine of the Pārsvanātha, temple.
Dynasty
Vijayanagar.
King
Mahamandalesvara Vişņudēva Mahārāya Saka 1140 (1218 A.D.) (?)
Date
Tamil
Language
and Script
Contents
Registers a gift of 91 kuli of land below the tank for providing offerings etc., and for the expenses of the festival to the god Simhapurināthadeva and 30 kuli of land for the worship etc., to the god Pārsvanātha of the Malaiyanār temple at Chittämūr, a pallichchandam in Singamporudavalanādu.
Reference
South Indian Temple Inscriptions, Vol. I, No. 27.
Remarks
The inscription apparently belongs to the reign of the Vijayanagara king Krishṇadevarăya, as we do not know any king as Mahāmandalēśvara Vişnudēva Mahārāya. In that case, the Saka year would be 1441, corresponding to 1519 A.D. See, South Indian Temple Inscriptions, Vol. I, pt. I, p. 40.
