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54 THE JAINS IN THE TAMIL LAND: This conclusion is further supported by what are known as Sendalai inscriptions published by the late Mr. T. A. Gopinatha Rao in Sen Tamil, Volume VI. Sendalai is a village two miles off Trichinopoly.& The old name of the place is Chendralēghởi Chaturvēda Mangalam. There is in that'village a great Saiva temple dedicated to Meenākshisundarēsvarar. The pallars of one of the Mantapams in the temple contain beautiful inscriptions. According to Mr. Gopinatha Rao these pillars originally belonged to another temple dedicated perhaps to a Sylvan deity by one of the kings. Coming to the point, the pillars contain inscriptions which together give us the family genealogy of one Perumpidugu Muttaraiyan. It is as follows :
Perumpidugu Muttaraiyan I alias Kuvāvan Māran.
(his son)
Ilangovati Araiyan alias Māran Paramēswaran
(his son)
Perumpidugu «Muttaraiyan II
alias Suvaran Māran. The other names of the last-named king as mentioned in the inscriptions are Sri Māran, Sri Kalvarakalvan, Sri Satrukēsari, Sri Kalbharakalvan, Sri Kalvakalvan ; sometimes he is spoken of as Pandāram., The titles Māran
