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JAINA EPIGRAPHS IN TAMIL
203
No. 84.
Tirupparuttikkunram, Kanchipuram Taluk, Chingleput District. On the base of the north wall of the store-room in the Vardhamāna temple. Dynasty : Sarigama
King: Bukka II Date : 1362 A.D.
Language and Alphabet :
Tamil, Grantha Purport: Records that the village of Mahēndramangalam in the division of Māvandūr was granted to the temple by the minister Irugappa, the son of general Vaicaya. The gift was made for the merit of the king.
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1. Savasti śriḥ [1 1 *] Dundubhi-varşam Kattigai-māda
ttil Pūrvva-pakşattu-Ttingat-kilamaiyum paurņaiyum
perra Tā(Kā)tti2. gai-nãļ mahāmaņdalēśvaran Arihararāja-kumāran
Srimat(d)-Bukkarājan dharmmam-āga Vaicaya-daņda
nātha- putran 3. Jainõttaman Iruguppa-mahāpradhāni Tirupparutti
kkuntu-nāyaṇār Trailokyavallabharkku pūjaikku. 4. śālaikkum tiruppanikkum Māvandūr-ppargil Mahēnd
ramangalam nār-pārk-ellaiyum irai-ili palliccandamāga candrāditya-varaiyum nadakka-ttaruvittār [1 1 *]
Dharmmö-yañ-jayatu || 1 *] Notes: The fact that the deity Vardhamāna is herein called
Trailökyavallabha and as the lord (nāyaṇār) of Tirupparuttikkunnu is noteworthy. Irugappa, who is described in the present epigraph as Jainottaman, also figures in a Sanskrit inscription of Bukka II, dated in 1388 A.D. (Ep. Ind., Vol. VII, p. 116) from the same place.
[Published in Ep. Ind., Vol. VII, p. 115]
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