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Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
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On the floor near the Kalasa-sthapana mandapa, near the gõpura of the Pārsvanātha temple
Dynasty
Vijayanagar
King
Mahāmandalesvara VenkatapatidevaMahārāya
Date
Saka 1525 (1603 A.D.)
Tamil
Language
and Script
Contents
Registers the removal of water-cess on the mänya lands of the god Nemināthaśvāmi of the Simhapurinātha temple, left in the enjoyment of the pandita. pūjuka, dēvaradiyar and the melakkarar (drummer), thus making them Sarvamánya for the merit of Raghunātha Nāyakkar Aiyan and Dikshitar Aiyan. (These two names would mean only the Tanjore Nāyak ruler Raghunātha and his famous minister Govinda-Dikshita).
Reference
South Indian No. 31.
Temple Inscriptions, Vol. I,
No. 423
Village
Chittāmür
Taluk
Gingee
District
South Arcot
