Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s1.t11.7

c28.s1.t11.7

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*.