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JAINA EPIGRAPHS IN TAMIL
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No. 81.
Tirumalai, Polur Taluk, North Arcot District. In a small shrine below the painted cave, Dynasty ............
King : ........ Date : c. 11th century A.D. Language and Alphabet :
Tamil, Tamil and Grantha Purport : Records that Ariştanēmi-ācāryar, the disciple of Paravādimalla of Kadai-kkõțțūr-Tirumalai, had the image of Yakşi made.
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1. Svasti śri [1]*] Kadaikkot2. tūr-Ttirumalai-Pparavādima3. llar māņākkar Ariştanē4. mi-ācāryyar sey5. vitta yakşi-ttiru6, mēni 11
Notes : (1) It is interesting to note that a Jaina teacher named
Paravādimalla figures in an inscription from Sravanabelagoļa and was a contemporary of Krsnarāja.
[Published in SII., Vol. I, No. 73.]
No. 82. Ammāśattiram, Pudukkottai Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District. At the entrance of the natural cave, east of the rock known as ĀJurusțimalai. Dynasty : Pāņdya
King : Māravarman
Sundarapandya I Date : 1216 A.D.
Language and Alphabet :
Tamil
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