Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu

Author(s): A Ekambarnathan, C K Sivprakasham
Publisher: Research Foundation for Jainology Chennai

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Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
Date
Saka 1873, A.D. 1951
Language
and Script
Tamil, Grantha
Contents
Records that on 22nd, Monday, in the month of Tai, Saka 1873, this mandapa of the Pārsvanātha temple was renovated by the Pontiff Sri Lakshmi Sēna Bhatáraka-Bhattāchāryavaryaśvāmi of the Jinakañchi-matha. The mathas at Kolhapūr, Delhi and Penukonda are also referred to in this epigraph. At the end, the english year, 1951, is also engraved.
Reference
A. Ekambaranathan, The History of Chittämūr, pp. 70-71.
Remarks
The four important Jaina mațhas in modern times are at Jinakāńchi (Chittāmūr), Delhi, Kolhāpūr and Penukonda.
No. 427
Village
Dadāpuram
Taluk
Tindivanam
District
South Arcot
Findspot
On the walls of the central shrine in the Māņikyēśvara (Siva) temple.
Dynasty
Chola