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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
P. 123. Arcot North District., Wandiwash taluk.
742. Vedal: (Tamil). A record in the fourteenth year of the Pallava king. Nandi. Mentions Vidal and Viḍarpalli (probably) the Jain temple at Vidal.
743. A damaged record. Mentions Madevi Arindamangalam also spelt Madevirandamangalam,
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744. A record in the 14th year of the Chōla king Rajakesarivarman. Mentions Kanakavira-Kuratti, a disciple of Kunakirttibhattarar.
P. 115. Arcot North Dt., Wandiwash taluk.
Melpadi: This place, 6 miles north of Tiruvallam, figures in the Karkād plates of the Rästrakuta Krisṇa III as the place of his encampment in 959 and is thus ancient. According to tradition its ancient temple was Jain but made Saivite by the Devaram saints.
P. 119. Arcot North Dist., Wandiwash taluk.
708. Tellaru: (Timil). See North Arcot Manual, II. P. 445 which refers. to the local mud fort of Nanda Raja and Jains.
Pp. 119-20. Arcot North Dist., Wandiwash taluk.
Vallimalai (near Tiruvallam): The following epigraphs show the importance of this place as a Jain centre. The tradition connecting it with Valli and God Subrahmanya of Tiruttanigai is of later origin.
710. Rock inscription in a Jain cave on the hill. A record of the Ganga king Rajamalla (I), the son of Ranavikrama, grandson of Sripurusha (725-776), and great-grandson of Sivamära (1,679-713 circa). Rajamalla was the excavator of the
cave.
P. 175. Arcot South District, Gingee taluk.
389. Singavaram (Tamil). On a rock in the Tirunatharkunru. Records the nisidika of Ilaiyappadarar who fasted for 30 days. The reference is to the Jain habit of religious suicide.
390. (Archaic Vatteluttu). Records the nisidika of Chandranandi-acharya who fasted for 57 days.
P. 178. Arcot South Dist., Tindivanam taluk,
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