Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t1.6

c28.s6.t1.6

N. of the senior Jaina monk, variously written. The name may be normalised as Nanta-siri Kuvaṉ. He was the recipient of the gift of the hermitages recorded in these three inscriptions. The largest stone bed, centrally situated and raised higher than the rest in the upper middle cave at this site, might have been his seat. Nanta-siri appears to be the monastic name assumed by the monk when he was ordained, and Kuvaṉ, his earlier given name or possibly the clan name, which indicates his Tamil origin.