Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t2.60

c28.s7.t2.60

It is on the occasion of the investiture of Kaṭuṅkōṉ Iḷaṅkaṭuṅkō as *iḷaṅkō* (heir apparent) that the cave shelter was made and gifted to Ceṅkāyapaṉ, the senior Jaina monk. Cf. Iḷaṅkō Aṭikaḷ, N. of the Cēra prince (the younger brother of Cēraṉ Ceṅkuṭṭuvaṉ) who renounced any claim to the throne of his father and became a Jaina monk; he is considered to be the author of *Cilappatikāram* according to tradition (*Cilap.* *Patikam* 1-2, comm.).