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JAINA EPIGRAPHS IN TAMIL
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1. Svasti śri [|1 *] Kõ-Pparakēšaripanmarkki yāņậu
nālā2. vadu Palkunra-kköțțattu-Ppāngaļa-nāțțu Vai3. ygāvūr-Tirumalai-ppaļliyil nisadam-oru adigaļmārkku4. ccõsu vaittār Irumadiśõla-K karunāðaga-Kkaduttalai
Vir5. cēvagan Pidāran Būttuganum Madhurāntaka-Kkarunā
daga-k6. Kaduttalai Viscamanāyakan Candayan-Āyiravanum
ivv-i7. ruvõñ-candirādittar-uļļaļavum nirka vaittom-ida8. nukku nārkkalañju pongal vanda palisaiyyāl-ap-Pa9. lliy-āsvārai ūțțuvittom [|1 *]
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Notes : The two personal names Būttuga and Candaya as also the names of the two regiments to which they belonged suggest that the donors hailed from Karnāțaka. It thus becomes clear that the Jaina temple (palli) of Tirumalai was of widely acknowledged sanctity.
[Published in ibid., Vol. III, No. 97]
No. 80.
Tirumalai, Polur Taluk, North Arcot District. On the outer wall of the doorway, which leads to the painted cave. Dynasty : Cēra
Kings : Adigaimān Elini
and
Vidukādalagiya-Perumā! Date: C. 11th century A.D. Language and Alphabet :
Tamil and Sanskrit, Tamil and
Grantha Purport: States that the images of a Yakşa and Yakşi, originally set up on the holy mountain of Arhat by Adigaiman Elini of the
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