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P. B. Desai.-Two Faina inscriptions in Tamil. (Epi. Ind. Vol. XXIX, 1952. Delhi, 1955, pp. 199-203).
Inscription 1: It is engraved on a boulder of the hillock Andimalai near Cholavandipuram (Tirukkovitun Taluq, S. Arcot Dist.). The boulder forms a cavity-a natural shrine ; carved figures of Gommata and Pārsvanātha ; archaic sculpture of goddess Padmāvati (An. Rep. on s. 1. Epi. for 1936-37, P. 61). Inscription-characters Tamil of about the 10th century A.c. Language Timil ; it states that the tevāram was caused to be made by Śrīveli Kongaraiyar Puttadigaļ. Text, note : Putta is the Tamil version of the Sanskrit name Buddha-Buddha is a term denoting higher status attained by an enlightened soul according to the Jaina philosophical concept (Pravacamasāra-Intro. P. XXXIV. Bombay 1935). Jaina inscription carved on rocks in the Tamil district (above Vol. IV. Pp. 136 ff, ibid. Pp. 140 ff; Mad. Ep. Coll. Nos. 67-74 of 1905). The word t'vāram means worship i, e. a group of sculptures for worship as indicated by the context ; Tevāram also means deity worshipped privately in a house.
n. 5. Caves with Jaina relics-a peculiar aspect of Jainism in the Tamil Country. The hill tracts with natural caverns and rocky shelters had a great attraction for the Jain teacher and the devotee who transformed them into sacred resorts and centres of religious practices ; a large number of hill spots invested with Jaina relics has come to light (see-An. Rep. on s. I. Epi. for 1923 p. 3; above, Vol. IV. P. 136; Mad. Epi. Rep. for 1887, P. 3. etc.). From the association of the 'triple umbrella', which is a characteristic emblem of the Jina, with the rocky beds at Sedaramputtu in the N. Arcot Distt (An. Rep. on S.1. Epi. for 1939. 40 to 1942-43 p. 11) it can now be safely asserted at least some of similar couches, popularly known as the 'Pañchapāņdava beds' found in a large number in many parts, were the creations of Jaina monks for a detailed description of these relics, see---Proc. and Tans. of Third Oriental Conf., Pp. 275 ff.
Pp. 201-203. Inscription II. This epigraph (No. 416 of 1929. Mad. Epi. Rep. for 1929. p. 88) is incised on a beam in the temple of Ādinātha at Ponnur (Wandimarh tāluq N. Arcot Dist.). Script-Grantha and Tamil ; Language Tamil ; Śaka 1655 (1733 A.c.). It lays down a rule for the guidance of the Jainas of Svarnapura (Ponnur)--they should take in procession the images of Pārsvanātha and Jvālāmālini every Sunday for being worshipped on the occasion of services to Helāchārya on the Nilagiri hill. (Ref. An. Rep. on S. I. Epi. for 1928-29 p. 88; ibid for 1928-29 ; Nos. 415 and 417 of App. B ; above Vol IV, Pp. 136-37 and the plate).
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