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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
81. Do. On four sides of a broken pillar lying in the Mariyamman temple in A record of the Pallava Mahendra Nolamba, dated in S. 800, Vilambin, apparently making grant to a Jain temple. It was the Mahendra who conquered Mahabali Bana Raya about A.D. 890 and gave his name Mahendramangalam to Adhamankōṭṭai).
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Pp. 1254-55. Tanjore Dist., Kumbakonam taluk.
142. Tirunägeśvaram (Anakkudi): Tamil. On a pillar lying in a mantapa at the end of the street in front of the Naganathasvāmi temple. A record in the second year of the Chola king Rajakesarivarman. Records gift of varävaikal (?) collected by the perunagarattar of Kumaramarttandapuram (homlet of Tirunagesvararam) for the renovation of the Gopura and the tiruchchurrailai called Kumaramärttandam in the Miladudaiyar palli (temple) of that village, which is stated to have been situated in Tinkarai-Tiraimur -nādu. (The Chola king was evidently Aditya I. The name Miladudaiyar palli, again, suggests a Jain shrine. This, together with the Jain images round the shrine of the goddess in the Naganathasvami temple, shows that this place must have been an early Jain centre. Again Miladudaiyar is another name for saint Meyapporulnayanar and if we suppose that the palli was a school or matha built in his honour, the present epigraph can be said to give a clue to his date, i.e., that he was prior to Aditya I. He was connected with the Chedi chief of Kiliyür (S. Arcot Dist., also S. 1. 1. Vol. II, P. 166, for a reference to the saint).
P. 1263. Tanjore Dist., Kumbakonam taluk.
Tiruvalanjuli. The local temple is well-known for its delicately chiselled stone work. Some of the figures are Jain. See Tanj. Gazr. Vol. I, P. 223 for details. The place was so called becausethe Käveri was prevented from submerging into the nether world by the self sacrifice of Varaganda muni.
P. 1361. Tanjore Dist., Papanasam taluk.
1003. Marutturakkudi (Tamil). Airavatesvar temple. A record in the sixteenth year of the Chola king Tribhuvanachakravartin Śri-Kulottunga-Chōladeva (III). Records gift of land. Mentions Šivapädasekharanallur, which was a nelvěttapperu and refers to two Jain temples (palli) at Jananathapuram called Chedi. kulamänikkapperumballi and Gangarulasundarapperumballi.
P. 1999. Tanjore Dist., Tanjore taluk.
Sendalai (or Mannarsamudram): The ancient name of this place was Chandralekhai-chaturvedimangalam, It was in the district of Arkaṭṭu-Kürṛam,
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