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Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
No. 390
Village
Sittannavāśal
Taluk
Kulattūr
District
Pudukkottai
Findspot
On the rock-cut bed in the natural cavern known as E !adippattam.
Dynasty
King
Date
2nd-1st centuries B.C.
Tamil, Brāhmi
Language
and Script
Contents
Bed (seat) made (by the) Ciqupāvil for Kāvuti Iten Kumulār (in) Eruminātu.
Ilayar born
(of) (at)
Reference
ARE, 388-A/1914, I. Mahadevan, op. cit,, Sittannavāśal, No. 1, T. V. Mahalingam, op. cit., pp. 245–250.
Remarks
For the various interpretations offered by scholars to this inscription, See T. V. Mahalingam's Early South Indian Palaeography, (pp. 245-250)
Kavuti (Kāviti) seems to be a title conferred upon some important personalities or officials by the king. Eruminātu (Erumainãdu) is identical with Mahisamandala, i e., Mysore region. The villages Cifupāvil and Kumulur have not been identified.
