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150
Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
Language
and Script
Tamil, Brāhmi
Contents
a) Viyakan Kaņatikan (the) Salt merchant. b) The gift of Atan, the son of Kaņakan
Atan. c) ... of Sāpamitā ... (a) nun. d) Nețumal (l)an, (the) sugar merchant. e) Elacantan, (the) iron-monger. f) (The) gift (of) Kalumājan (of)... ńchi. g) He (name lost) caused to be given (this)
drip-ledge. h) ..... of Kāsapan (the) monk. i) . . . . . All of them gave (caused to be
given).
Reference
ARE, 71-77/1910, I. Mahadevan, op. cit., Alagarmalai, Nos. 5-13, T. V. Mahalingam, op. cit., pp. 241-244.
Remarks
The above inscriptions, mentioning the names of several persons, their professions etc, are engraved in one line. These persons caused to be made rock-cut beds at Alagarmalai.
No. 205
Village
Alagarmalai
Taluk
Mēlûr
District
Madurai
