SII 14.107: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 107-119. (A.R. Nos. 691 to 703 of 1905.) AYYAMPĀḶAIYAM, PALANI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. No. 107. (A.R. No. 691 of 1905.) Below the second image.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0107.

Summary: The following Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil labels are engraved near the natural cavern in the hill called the Aivarmalai which was called ‘Ayiraimalai’ in the inscriptions. This Ayirai was famous in the olden times as a Jaina colony. The God Pārśvanātha sculptured in this place was the recipient of some endowments in the eign of the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇavarman in A.D. 870. The Vaṭṭeḻuttu labels engraved below the images of several Jaina Tīrthaṅkaras sculptured in half relief near this cavern are also attributable to the same period approximately, and they record the fact that the respective images were the gifts of Ajjaṇandi, Indrasēna, Mallisēna, etc. Avvaṇandi-Kurattiyār the disciple of Paṭṭini-Kurattiyar also had an image sculptured on the rock. An ascetic by the name of Ajjaṇandi is mentioned in the Jīvakachintāmaṇi, the premier Jaina classic of this early period.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: (3cdd373), last modified (a10a7f3).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī vaṭapaḷḷi Ā⟨2⟩ram vicci vara⟨3⟩tapāṇi ceyal [||]

Apparatus

Commentary

Nos. 691 and 692 are in Vaṭṭeḻuttu characters of the 9th century A.D.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.107 (ARIE/1905-1906/B/1905/691) by Ramanatha Ayyar 1962 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Ramanatha Ayyar, A. S. 1962. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XIV: The Pāṇḍyas. South Indian Inscriptions 14. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Page 64, item 107.