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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY :
perhaps, represents Pividivividanga-Kurati. The inscription show that Jainism was under royal support in the district. Nandivarman cut out, for example, a similar image at Pñchapāndavamalai near Arcot.
P. 179. Perumāņdūr: (A Jain centre in ancient period).
414. (Tamil). The shrine of Chandranātha. A record in the fourteenth year of the Chöļa king Kulõttunga-Cho?adeva (III ?), granting land to the image of Yakși by Rājarāja Sambuvarāyan.
415. (Tamil). The shrine of Rișabhanātha. A record in the nineteenth year of the 'Ganga Pallava' king Vijaya-Nandivikramavarman. Records gift of paddy.
416. do. do. A record in the 15th year of the Chõļa king Kulottunga-Chõladeva (III ?). Gift of land by Rājarāja-Sambuvarāyar.
P. 182. Arcot South District. Tindivanam tāluk. Siļņāmur (Sittāmūr): important Jain centre in the Dist.
443. Inscription in Tamil. Temple of Pārsvanātha. A record in the seventeenth year of the Chola king Rājakesarivarman. Gift of a lamp.
444. Shrine of Malainātha. Do. in the tenth year of Chola king Rājādhirăjadeva. Gift of land.
445. Shrine of Malainātha. Mentions Kādavarkönpävai, the queen of a Choļa king.
Pp. 235-236. Arcot South Dist. Tirukköyitur tāluk. Tirunarungondai.
The Jain temple referred to in the following inscriptions were famous in mediæval history as a stronghold of learning.
INSCRIPTIONS IN TAMIL :
921. The Chandranātha shrine in the Appandanātha temple. A record in the gth year of the Chola king Tribhuvana Chakravartin Kulottunga-Choladeva. Gift of taxes.
922. Do, in the 3rd year of Tribhuvanachakravartin Kõņērinmai. kondān. Gift or land.