[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003) › c28.s2.t2 # 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 - **Language:** English ### Pugalur - 2 ### [c28.s2.t2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t2.1) 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\*\* ### [c28.s2.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t2.2) \*\*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\*\*\* ### [c28.s2.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t2.3) 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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t2.6) \[Figure: Figure 8.31. PUGALŪR 3 Inscription No. 63 Tracing. Scale: one-fifth.\] --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t2) · Pramāṇa