Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t1.11
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t1.11
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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*).