SII 14.130: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – 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. 130. (A.R. No. 604 of 1915.)

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0130.

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.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (3cdd373), last modified (c42ca7a).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī(ṭā)⟨2⟩ṟuppok [4+] ⟨3⟩ sabhaiyār rakṣai [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.130 (ARIE/1915-1916/B/1915/604) 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 68, item 130.