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Jaina Inscriptions in
Tamilnadu
Findspot
On the door post of the kitchen in the Pushpanātha Jaina temple.
Dynasty
Kongu-Chola
King
Vikramacholadava
Date
40th regnal year, Saka 967 (1045 A.D.)
Tamil
Language
and Script
Contents
Records building of the mukhamandapa of the temple, which is called Sandiravasadi. The king has the epithet Konattan.
Reference
ARE, 614/1905, Epi., Ind, Vol. 30, pp. 243-249.
Remarks
T. N. Subramaniam thinks that the inscription had not been correctly read by the Government Epigraphist. He states that the Pushpanātha temple was called Chandravasadi and the newly built mukhamandapa was known as Singal antakan Pudu-mukhamandapa. It is also said that the maņdapa was erected by Nánakaạita Māņikka Chetti, the grandson of Agattulandē van. South Indian Temple Inscriptions, Vol. I, pt. I, No. 256.
Singalāntakan was one of the titles of the Chola king Räjarāja I, and probably it was bestowed on Vikramachola, the Kongu ruler, by bim. It might also be that VikramaChola was engaged in the Ceylon expedition of Rājarāja I. Epi. Ind., Vol. 30, p. 249.
