# SII 14.129: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 129-130. (A.R. Nos. 603
and 604 of 1915.) ĒRUVĀḌI, NANGUNERI TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON A
BOULDER IN THE IRAṬṬAIPOTTAI ROCK. No. 129. (A.R. No. 603 of 1915.)

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0129

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0129.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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## Summary

The following two labels engraved in Vaṭṭeḻuttu characters of the early
9th century A.D. are found below the images of Jaina Gods sculptured on
the face of the rock overhanging a cavern on the hill. One of them
states that the ascetic Ajjaṇand was responsible for the setting up of
the image under which the inscription is engraved, while the other
mentions a sabhā. This Ajjaṇandi has figured in similar doṇative labels
at Uttamapāḷaiyam and Ayyampāḷaiyam, two other Jaina colonies in the
Madurai district, which were flourishing in this period.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī Accaṇan⟨2⟩ti ceyal [|]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.129 (ARIE/1915-1916/B/1915/603) 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 129.