Book Title: Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
Author(s): A Ekambarnathan, C K Sivprakasham
Publisher: Research Foundation for Jainology Chennai
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Jambai
Tirakkoilur
Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
South Arcot
On a rock inside the cavern.
Atiyamān
Neḍuman Anji
1st century A.D.
Tamil, Brahmi
The inscription reads:
Satiyaputo Atiyan Neḍumanañji itta pali. It means that the abode was caused to be given by Atiyan Neḍuman añji, the Satyaputra.
R. Nagasamy,' Asoka and the Tamil countrya new link", Express Magazine, 6-12-1981. It is a unique record referring to the Satyaputras, identified with the Atiyamāns of Kongu country. The earliest reference to Satyaputras is found in the Asokan edicts at Brahmagiri. Their identification had been a matter of controversy for a long time, and now it is proved that they are identical with the Atiyaman chieftains. Atiyaman Neḍumān Anji is celebrated in the Sangam classics by poets like Paraṇar and Avvaiyār. The Sangam works describe Añji as a great Saivite, but the fact that he caused to be made an abode to the Jaina acetic, shows his religious tolerence. (Ibid.)

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