Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s2.t2: Pugalur - 2
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s2.t2
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Pugalur - 2
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62. **A.** L. 1 **mū¹ tā ma ṇa ṇa ṇa yā ṟa ṟu ce ṅa kā ya pa ṇa u ṟai ya** L. 2 **ko ā ...² la li ru ma pu ṟai ma ka ṇa pe ru ṅa** L. 3 **ka tu ṅa ko ṇa ma ka ṇa ka ṭu ṅa ko ṇa ḷa ṅa ka ṭu ṅa** L. 4 **ko ḷa ṅa ko ā ka a ṟu pi ta ka la**
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**B.** L. 1 ***mūtā=maṇṇaṇ*³ *yāṟṟu*⁴ *ceṅkāyapaṉ* *uṟai-y* [/*]** L. 2 ***kō ā[ta*ṇ* ce*]*⁵ *l-l=irumpuṟai*⁶ *makaṉ peruṅ-*** L. 3 ***kaṭuṅkōṉ makaṉ kaṭuṅkōṉ [i*]⁷ *ḷaṅkaṭuṅ-*** L. 4 ***kō [i*]⁷ *ḷaṅkō āka aṟupita*⁸ *kal***
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L. 1 மூதாமண்ணண் யாற்று செங்காயபன் உறைய் [/*] L. 2 கோ ஆத[ந்* செ*]ல்லிரும்பூறை மகன் பெருங் L. 3 கடுங்கோன் மகன் கடுங்கோன் [இ*]ளங்கடுங் L. 4 கோ [இ*]ளங்கோ ஆக அறுபித கல்
c28.s2.t2.4
The abode of the senior Jaina monk, **Yāṟṟu Ceṅkāyapaṉ**. The rock (shelter) was caused to be carved when **Kaṭuṅkōṉ (I)ḷaṅkaṭuṅkō**, the son of **Peruṅkaṭuṅkōṉ**, the son of King **Ā(taṉ Ce)l Irumpuṟai**, became the heir apparent.
c28.s2.t2.5
| **ILL.** | Tracing: Fig. 8.30. Estampage: Pl. 28. |
| **Locus** | The upper inscription on the brow of the cave. L. 1 is worn very thin due to weathering. L. 2 is damaged in the middle due to flaking of the stone. The upper inscription seems to have been engraved later than the lower inscription (No. ***61***) when the height of the drip ledge was increased. See section 1.4.1. |
| **No. of lines** | 4 |
| **Length** | L. 1:112 cm.; L. 2:107 cm.; L. 3:126 cm.; L. 4: 94 cm. |
| **Date** | ca. 2nd century A.D. |
| **Publ.** | *ARE* B. 297/1963-64 (with Pl.). *IM*:57/1966. *HTS*:15.1(pp. 57-62); RN:16.1 (pp. 66-74); RPS:39 (pp. 163-197). I. Mahadevan 1971: pp. 73-106. K.G. Krishnan 1981a: pp. 24-30. |
| **Notes** | |
| 1. | The first letter *mū* was identified by Natana Kasinathan (RN). |
| 2. | Three letters have been lost here due to flaking of the stone. |
| 3. | *mūtāmaṇṇaṇ* is construed as *mūtā* + *amaṇṇaṇ*. Cf. *mutā amaṇṇaṇ* (No. ***61***). |
| 4. | Cf. *yāṟṟūr* (Nos. ***61*** & ***63***). The present form may be an abbreviation of the place name. |
| 5. | The lost letters have been restored from the evidence of the near-identical passage in the adjacent inscription (No. ***61***). |
| 6. | *irumpuṟai* is a variant of *irumpoṟai*. This variant occurs on some of the copper coins of the dynasty found at Karur (Fig. 1.22C). Cf. n.5, No. ***61***. See section 4.3.2. |
| 7. | [i*] supplied from the context. See n.4, No. ***61***. |
| 8. | *aṟuppitta*. |
c28.s2.t2.6
[Figure: Figure 8.31. PUGALŪR 3 Inscription No. 63 Tracing. Scale: one-fifth.]