# SII 14.124: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 120-128. (A.R. Nos. 723 to
732 of 1905.) UTTAMAPĀLAIYAM, PERIYAKULAM TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON
THE ROCK CALLED THE KARUPPAṆṆASVĀMIN ROCK. No. 124. (A.R. No. 727 of
1905.)

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0124

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0124.xml

Language: Undetermined [Script (unspecified)]

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## Summary

The subjoined Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscriptions are engraved in characters
attributable to about the end of the 9th century and the beginning of
the 10th century A.D. below. the images of the Jaina deities sculptured
in low relief on the face of the rock. Some of them are very much wern
out while three of them are legible. They record that certain images
were cut by Ajjaṇandi (No. 126) and by Ariṭṭaṉēmi-Periyār, the disciple
of Ashṭōpavāsi-Kaṉakavīrar (No. 122). In No. 128 this hill is called
Tirukkuṇagiri and a certain ascetic named Aṉantavīra-Aḍigaḷ is stated to
have made a gift of money for a lamp to the God Tirukkuṇagiri-Dēvar.

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## Commentary

The labels numbered as Nos. 123 and 124 are very much damaged.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.124 (ARIE/1905-1906/B/1905/727) 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 67, item 124.