Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s1.t11: XIII. Sittannavasal - A

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s1.t11

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XIII. Sittannavasal - A

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49. A. e ru¹ mi nā ṭu ku mu ḻa² ū ra pi rā³ na tā kā vu ṭi ī te ṉa ku ci ru⁴ po ci⁵ la i ḻā ya ra ce ya tā a ti ṭa a ṉā ma

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B. *erumināṭu*⁶ *kumuḻ-ūr piṟanta kavuṭi-i*⁷ [/*] *teṉku-ciṟupocil*⁸ *iḻa-yar*⁹ *ceyta atiṭ-aṉam.*¹⁰

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எருமிநாடு குமுழூர் பிறந்த கவுடிஇ [/*] தென்கு சிறுபொசில் இளயர் செய்த அதிட்டனம்

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(To) **Kavuṭi** born at **Kumuḻūr** in **Erumināṭu**.¹¹ The seat was made by the **Iḻayar** of **Teṉku Ciṟupocil**.

| **ILL.** | Tracing: Fig. 8.23. Estampage: Pl. 21. |
| **Locus** | On a stone bed in the upper cave called Ēḻaṭippaṭṭam near the summit of the hill; deeply engraved along two adjacent sides of the bed; well-preserved. See section 1.3.2 and Fig. 1.8. |
| **No. of lines** | 1 |
| **Length** | 215 cm. |
| **Date** | ca. 1st century B.C. |
| **Publ.** | ARE 388A/1914 (with Pl.). *IPS* (1929): No. 1(with Pl.). *IPS(E)* (1941): No. 1.IM:27/1966. CNR:XI (p. 375); HKS:XI (p. 346); HTS:7 (pp. 49, 82-83); KVS:IX (pp. 296-298); KZ:11 (p. 23); RN:6 (pp. 57-58); RPS:22 (pp. 163-197); TVM:8 (pp. 245-250, Pl. 14). C. Sivaramamurti 1952:p. 158 (with eye copy). K.R. Srinivasan 1984: pp. 9-19. |

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Notes

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1. *ō* in *ARE*. HKS reads *u* and KVS *ō*.
2. *thū* in *ARE*. HKS reads *ṭṭha* and KVS *ṭh*.
3. *jū* in *ARE*. HKS reads *ḍā* and KVS *ṝā*.
4. *ṭū* in *ARE*. HKS also reads *ṭū* and KVS *ṭu*.
5. HKS and KVS read *ci*, followed here in preference to my earlier reading.
6. Probably *-nāṭṭu* (in oblique case). Cf. *erumaināṭu* identified with the Mysore region of Karnataka. See section 4.20.2.
7. N. of the resident Jaina nun. Cf. Ka. *gavuḍi*/*gauḍi*, fem. of *gavuḍa*/*gauḍa*.
8. Place name as in RPS. Cf. (inscr.) *teṉ-ciṟuvāyil-nāṭu*, an ancient territorial division adjoining the hill. *-pocil*: cf. Ka. *hosilu* corresponding to Ta. *vāyil* 'entrance'. See section 4.20.3 (i).
9. Cf. LT *iḷaiyar*, title of a martial clan, also known as the *iḷamakkaḷ*. See section 4.18.1(i).
10. Read *atiṭ-āṉam* (*atiṭṭāṉam*) 'seat'. Cf. *ataṭ-aṇam* (No. *50*). Note the pause in both cases in lieu of doubling of the consonant *ṭ*. See section 6.19.1. The expression *atiṭṭāṉam* < *adhishṭhāna* (Skt.) signifies that the stone bed was the 'permanent fixed abode' of the Jaina ascetics. See also n.5, No. *66*, and n.11, No. *76*.
11. See sections 3.2.4 and 4.8.1 on the influence of Old Kannada and early contacts with Jainism in Karnataka. Cf. Nos. *83*, *115*, *116*.

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Figure 8.24A. XIV. AIYARMALAI Inscription No. 50 Tracing. Scale: one-third.

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Figure 8.24B. XV. TIRUMALAI 1 & 2 Inscriptions Nos. 51 & 52 Tracings. Scale: one-eighth.