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Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t1: XIX. Anaimalai

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t1

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XIX. Anaimalai

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**60.1 *iva-kuṉṟatu*** 'of Ivakuṉṟa(m)'. (P.) lit., 'Elephant Hill'. Cf. Āṉaimalai, the present name of this famous hill near Madurai, a well-known Jaina centre.

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Cf. LT *āṉaimāmalai ātiyāya iṭaṅkaḷil* 'places including Āṉaimalai' (*Tēvā.* III:39.1, referring to the hills around Madurai occupied by Jaina monks).

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**a. *iva-*** Attribute from \**ivam* (n.) 'elephant'. Cf. *iha* (AMg.) < *ibha* (Skt.) 'elephant' > LT *ipam* (n.) 'elephant' (*Tivā.* 414; *Piṅkala.* 2412; *Cūṭā.* 3:5).

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**b. *kuṉṟatu*** (*kuṉṟattu*); oblique of *kuṉṟam* (n.) 'hill' (D. 1864). The consonant *-t-* occurs without doubling.

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Cf. LT *neṭumperuṅkuṉṟattu* 'of the lofty great hill' (*Aka.* 4:15).

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**60.2 *uṟaiyuḷ*** (n.) 'abode (of ascetics)'. The expression occurs here in the technical sense of 'hermitage'.

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Cf. LT *uṟaiyuḷ muṉiyum* 'and the ascetic in the hermitage' (*Puṟa.* 96:9); *uṟaiyuḷum kōṭṭamum* 'the hermitage and the temple' (*Maṇi.* 6:137); *uṟaiyuḷ* 'dormitory, sleeping place' (*Tivā.* 979; *Cūṭā.* 5:58). *uṟaiyuḷ* may also be construed here literally as *uṟai* + *uḷ* 'in the abode'. The compound coalesced into a single word *uṟaiyuḷ* as in LT.

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**a. *uṟai-y***(n.) 'abode'. See **9.3** for comments. *-y* may be regarded as the paragogic suffix as in *uṟai-y* (**61.5** & **62.5**) or as a glide in this case.

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**b. *uḷ*** (n.) 'inside' (D. 698).

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Cf. LT *uḷ* 'inside' (*Piṅkala.* 1818). The word occurs here as a suffix with locative signification.

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**60.3 *patantaṉ*** (n.) Cf. *bhadanta* (Pkt.) 'venerable, reverend' (*PED*), title prefixed to the names of monks, mostly Buddhist, but also Ājīvaka and Jaina (Lüders List: Index). The title *bhadata* (variant of *bhadaṁta*) occurs with the name of a Jaina monk in a Pkt. inscription from Mathura (G.Bühler 1894a, *EI.* II: p. 199, No. IV with Pl.; Lüders List: No. 99). The expression *bhadaṁta* (variant *bhayaṁta*) is also attested in Jaina Pkt. works (*PSM*).

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**60.4 *ēri*** (P.) Native place of *āritaṉ*. Cf. *ēri* 'lake' (D. 901). The place was presumably named after a lake.

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Cf. LT *ēri* 'lake' (*Tivā.* 895; *Piṅkala.* 604; *Cūṭā.* 5:24).

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Cf. (inscr.) *ēri tōṇṭi* 'having excavated a lake' (*Pallavar Ceppēṭukaḷ:* No. 2, Line 63, 7th cent. A.D.)

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**60.5 *āritaṉ*** N. of one of the two senior Jaina monks referred to in the inscription. Cf. *hārita* (Skt.) 'a descendant of *harita*' (*MW*).

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Cf. (Pkt. inscr.) *hārita* 'a *gōtra* name' (*Pallava Inscrs.* No. 3, Line 15, ca. 4th cent. A.D.).

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Cf. LT Aiyaṉ Āritaṉ-ār (author, *Puṟapporuḷ.*); *Āritam*, a didactic work (*Peru. Aka.*).

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Cf. (inscr.) *āritampullaṉ* (*āritaṉ*-) (*Pallava Inscrs.* No. 79, 8th cent. A.D.). In later inscriptions, *āritaṉ* occurs with the personal names of Brahmans belonging to the Harita *gōtra* (*SII.* XXVI:Index).

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**60.6 attuvāyi** Read *attavāyi* (n.) 'one who expounds the meaning (of scriptures)'. Cf. *attha-vādin* (Pāli) 'one who speaks the good' (*PED*); *attha-vāya* (AMg.) 'disputation of meaning' (*PSM*). See section 4.9.3(v).

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**a. attu-** Read *atta-* < *attha* (Pkt.) < *artha* (Skt.) 'meaning'.

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**b. vāyi** Cf. *vāyi* (AMg.) < *vādin* (Skt.) 'one who expounds' (or) *vācin* (Skt.) 'one who recites'.

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Cf. (Pkt. inscr.) *vācaka*, *vāyaka* 'preacher' (Lüders List:Index); a somewhat similar title is *dhama-kathika* 'preacher of the Law' (ibid. Nos. 64 a, 347, 1267).

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Cf. LT *vāti* 'disputant' (*Malai.* 112); *-vāti* 'one who expounds'; suffix to the designations of preachers of different religious doctrines (*Maṇi.* 27:3); *vāti* 'one who expounds one's own doctrine and refutes others' doctrines' (*Tivā.* 2332; *Piṅkala.* 364).

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Cf. (inscr.) *siddhāntam uraikkum paṭārar* 'the Bhaṭāra expounding the (Jaina) Doctrine' (*SII.* V:No. 406, Jaina, Pāṇṭiya, ca. 9th cent. A.D.).

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**60.7 araṭṭa kāyipaṉ** N. of the second Jaina monk referred to in the inscription.

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**a. araṭṭa-** Attribute from *araṭṭaṉ* (N.).

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Cf. LT *araṭṭaṉ ceṭṭi* 'a personal name' (*Cilap.* 30:49, 129); *araṭṭar* 'petty chieftains' (*Tivā.* 185; *Cūṭā.* 2:21). The name *araṭṭaṉ* may probably be derived from *araṭṭu* 'to frighten' (D. 3605), hence *araṭṭaṉ* 'the haughty one' (*Peru. Aka.*).

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Cf. (inscr.) *araṭṭaṉ cantaṉ*, *araṭṭaṉ nākaṉ* 'personal names' (*SII.* II:No. 94, Cōḻa, 11th cent. A.D.).

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**b. kāyipaṉ** See 14.1.b for discussion.

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