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Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
Findspot
By the side of the rock-cut beds in a cave on the hill.
Dynasty
Chola
King
Parakēsarivarman (Parāntaka I)
Date
4th regnal year (911 A.D.)
Tamil
Language
and Script
Contents
Records a gift of 500 sheep for lamps to the deity, Avanitilatattu-dēvar, at Santamangalam in Panaiyūrnādu, by Alivaikuntan alias Sembiyankāvitiyaraiyan of Kaļattur in Malanādu.
Reference
Information given by Pulavar S. Kuppuswamy, Bahur, Pondicherry State.
Remarks
This and the following inscriptions from Mēlkūļalûr have been discovered by the members of the Historical Society of Pondicherry.
There are about thirtyfive rock-but beds in some of the caves found on the hill in the village. Besides, an image of Pārsvanātha is carved on a boulder adjacent to the rockcut beds. It is said that the deity “Avanitilatattu-dérar' refers to the same image of Pārsvanātha carved on the boulder.
