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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
Pages.
Localities.
Districts.
Jaina antiquities.
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Pañcapāņdavamalai
North Arcot
A figure representing the Buddha or one of the Tirthankaras.
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Tiruvattūr
North Arcot
Fundations of an oid temple with two grand statues. Not far from that place, a pond where the doors of bronze and the treasure of the temple must have been swallowed up. The locality was formerly one of the principal Jaina centres of the district.
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Cevür
North Arcot
Ancient temple.
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Pundi
North Arcot
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Tirumalai
North Arcot
A temple, the most ancient of the country. Two temples with sculpture and fresco. Other statues have been destroyed.
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Agarakara-kõtřāi
North Arcot
Ancient iempie Sivaite that one says to have been annihilated by the Jains.
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Desur Tellar Terukol Venkuram
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Modern establishment. Temple. Three temples. Temple. Following the account of Hiouen Thsang (640 A. D.), the Jains were formerly numerous in this region,
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