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K. R. Venkatarama AYYAR. Forgotten Jain Monastery of Tiruppali- Malai Tirumanamalai (Ind. Hist. Cong. IIth Ses. Delhi, 1948).
Pp. 139-141. Within the Pudukkottai territory are more than fifty Jaiu vestiges; the low hills were the natural abodes of monks ; one such was Narttamalai, 10 miles to the north of Pudukkottai town. A natural cavern on the Aluruttimalai contains four polished beds ; nearby is a broken sculpture of a Tirthankara. On the rock overhanging the cave are two figures of Tirthankaras cut in relief. These are of the 7th to 9th centuries A.). This monastery was called Tirumanamalai or Tiruppallimalai.
On the Melmalai or western hill are two cave temples, the larger is known as Samanarakudagu. Two incriptions record grant for the daily offering for the Alvar, or the Tirthankara of the inonastery of Tiruppallimalai. The beginning of the 13th century marks the decay of this Jain settlement when it was added to a siva temple ; Kanakacandra and Dharmadeva were the last Acāryas who lived and taught in this monastery. The Samanarkudagu on the Melamalai was converted into a Visnu Temple in 1228 A.D.
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The Monuments of the Udayagiri Hill, Gwalior, 1948.
Pp. 1-2. The Udayagiri hill stands 4 miles north-west of the Bhilsa Station. The caves of Udayagiri are one of the several groups of ancient monuments that are situated within a redius of dozen miles about the town of Bhilsa. The region was in ancient times known as Dasarna.
Pp. 4-5. The hill is about 1} iniles in length. Its greatest height is about 350 feet at the north-east end near which the caves Nos. 19 and 20 are situated. The south-east end of the hill is also high and on its top is situated the cave No. 1.
P. 9. Description of the caves and their Architectural features--Cave No. 1. The Jain community of the region claim it to be an ancient Jain temple. Des cription.
P. 20. Cave No. 20 ; CUNNINGHAM nuinbered it as his cave No. 10 and called it a Jain Cave'; because the inscription on the left of the entrance of the sanctum declared it to have been dedicated to Pārsvanātha. Description.
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