# SII 13.245: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 245. (A.R. No. 84 of 1908.) VEḌĀL, ARKONAM TALUK,
NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A BOULDER IN FRONT OF THE NATURAL CAVE KNOWN AS
ĀṆḌĀR-MAḌAM ON THE HILL

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0245

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0245.xml

Language: Undetermined [Script (unspecified)]

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## Summary

This inscription incised in archaic characters is assignable to Āditya
I. It records an undertaking given by the lay disciples of a Jaina
monastery at Viḍāl alias Mādēvi-Ārāndimaṅgalam in Śiṅgapura-nāḍu, to
protect and feed along with her lady pupils, Kanakavīra-Kurattiyār, a
woman-ascetic and disciple of (the teacher) Guṇakīrtti-Bhaṭāra.

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## Commentary

Published in South Indian Inscriptions, Volume III, No. 92.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.245 by Srinivasa Rao 1952 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1952. South-Indian inscriptions (texts) (with
introductory notes in English). Volume XIII: The Cholas. South Indian
Inscriptions 13. Madras: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 130, item
245.