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Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
The term 'Caiyalan' occurring in this epigraph is taken to mean a person from Ceylon. T. V. Mahalingam, on the other hand, considers it a proper name as is denoted by a masculine suffix 'an'. The word 'Kavi' is used to denote the cave. In Sanskrit, 'gavi' means a cave. Ibid., P. 270.
Muttuppaţţi
Madurai
Madurai
On a boulder in the same place.
1st 2nd centuries A.D.
Tamil, Brahmi
(The) son of Cattan Antai of Nakapërür. ARE, 60/1910,
I. Mahadevan, op. cit., Muttuppatti, No. 2. Evidently, the son of Cattan Antai of the village Nakapērur caused to be made the rock-cut bed. Nākapērūr may be a village near the Nagamalai hill in Madurai.
