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JAINA EPIGRAPHS IN TAMIL
163
15. gai-Ppalguṇattönei | | |-Tinni nalan parappi. ...
maņņila sir Madirai asiriyan-Appal
16.
rrenaga
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agamandaga
17.
m pudukki ang-Arivar-kōil mugamandagam-cduttan mun
Notes: The reference to the renovated temple twice (lines 8 and 17 as Arivar-kōyil. i.e., the temple of Arivar is interesting. Arivan which means 'wise', 'knowing', etc., also stands for the Arhat (See Winslow's Tamil-English Dictionary, s. v.).
In line 6 of the text above a plot of land is called amaṇankāņi where amanan is the tadbhava of sramana.
The reference to Ilan-Gautaman as Madirai-asiriyan shows that the Pandyan capital continued to be an important Jaina centre even in the middle of the 9th century A.D.
The findspot of the inscription is mentioned in line 8 as Anṇalvayil. In the place-name Sittaņņavāśal (Sittan (Skt. Siddha) +Aņņal + vayil) both Sitta and Anṇal stand for the Arhat.
[Published in SII., Vol. XIV, No. 45]
No. 23.
Paļļimadam, Aruppukkottai Taluk, Ramanathapuram District. On a stone in the northern wall of the mandapa in the Kalanathasvamin temple.
Dynasty.........
Date: 9th century A.D.
King:..
Language and Alphabet :
Tamil, Vatteluttu
Purport: Registers a gift of 5 sheep by Sattan Kāri for one perpetual lamp to be burnt in the temple of Tirukkāṭṭāmballidĕvar at Kurandi in Veņbu-nāḍu.
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