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JAINA EPIGRAPHS IN TAMIL
173 No. 41. Kalugu malai, Kovilpatti Taluk, Tirunelveli District. On a stone lying near the Ayyaņār temple. Dynasty :............
King :.......... Date : 9th-10th centuries A.D. Language and Alphabet :
Tamil, Vatteluttu Purport: Records some gifts including two perpetual lamps and 25 sheep to the deity Tirumalaimēr-bhațārar of Tiruneccuram by Šāttan Kāļi of the cēri of Kalakkuļimangalam. Another grant of one lamp and 25 sheep is also recorded.
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1. Sri [ ||*] Tiruneccurattu-Ttirumalaimēr2. pațāra[r]kku Kalakkudimangala3. ttu-ccēri-Ccāttan Kāļi ițța nendā4. vilakk-irandu (ca]rum onru āļu iru5. pattaiñju [ ] *] ivai ūrār rakşai [l *1 6. Ivan-adiyārai siyvita yi
7. Viļakk-onļu āļu irupattaindu [1 | *] Notes: The deity is named herein as Tirumalaimēr-pațārar, i.e., the Bhațāra (installed) on the Tirumalai (the sacred hill), i.e., Kaļugumalai.
[Published in S.I.I., Vol. V, No. 308]
No. 42.
Kiļsāttamangalam, Wandiwash Taluk, North Arcot District. Natural rock-surface called Perumāl-pārai near the Jaina temple of Candranāthasvāmi. Dynasty : Cāļa
King: Rajaraja I Date : 10th regnal year
Language and Alphabet : (995 A.D.)
Tamil
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