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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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A. N. UPADHIYE.-Jain Mangala Šloka of Kannada Inscriptions. (A.I.O.C. VIIth Session, 1933).
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Suniti Kumar CHATTERJI.-Kharavela. (A.I.O.C., Session VII; 1933). P. 73.
Importance of the Hathigumpha Inscription-the dialect of the inscription, and that of the neighbouring Asoka inscriptions--the derivation of the name "Khāravela" to be sought in Dravidian--conclusion.
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V. Venkatasubha AILYAR.-Alagarkoyil and its Inscriptions. (QJMS. Vol. 27, Nos. 1 & 2. 1936, Bangalore).
Pp. 122-25. Alagarkoyil has a continuous history from pre-Christian era. It is a small village situated about 12 miles north-west of Madura at the Southern foot of a range of hills which run across the Madura District for over 10 miles. Jain settlement.
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P. 123. That Buddhism and Jainism-the prevailing religions in South India before Saivism was established in the 7th century A.D., is known from early Tamil Literature. Buddhism gradually disappeared from South India, but Jainism continued to thrive in the land and it counts thousands of votaries even to this day. Several Jain teachers in Päṇḍya country, their names preserved in Jnanasambanda's hymns on Tiruvalavay (i.e. Madura). Anamalai, a village not far from Alagarkoyil, a Jain settlement. Caverns in the Pandyan country. Caverns on Algarmalai fully described. Ajjanandi celebrated in the Tamil classic Jakacintamani; a famous teacher, in inscriptions here and at Anamalai (A.R. 64-67 of 1905) Aivarmalai (A. R. No. 692 of 1905). Uttamapălaim (A. R. No. 729 of 1905) and Vallimalai (Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 141) Algarmalai cavern was occupied by him.
Pp. 124-25. Brähmi inscription on the Alagarmalai: Some letters in the inscription are not traceable in the Brahmi inscriptions known so far. These are peculiar to the Tamil language. Its language Tamil and script Brähmi-3rd cent. B. G. Text of the inscription:
1. Vanigan nedumalān
2. Vanigan Ulanatan
3. Sikarmaran Täna.
These must be the names of persons who occupied the caves.
This is the gift of Sikaramaran.
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