Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t9.17

c28.s7.t9.17

Cf. LT *kaṟanta pāl aṉaiya kanti* 'the Jaina nun (pure) as fresh milk' (*Cīvaka.* 2649); Kantiyār (a Jaina nun and poetess) who is said to have interpolated as many as 445 verses in *Cīvakacintāmaṇi* (Note by U.Ve. Swaminathaiyar, *Cīvaka.* 1089, 2649 & 3143, 7th edn. reprint). Cf. *iṭai maṭutta kanti taṉ piḻaippum* 'the errors of Kanti who interpolated (some verses)' (*Pari. Urai. Pāyiram*: 9-10); *kavunti aṭikaḷ* 'N. of a senior Jaina nun' (*Cilap.* 11:166); *kantiyai-k-kāṇiṉum* 'as soon as they see a kanti (Jaina nun)' (*Nīlakēci*:323); *kavunti* 'Jaina nun' (*Tivā.* 280); *kanti*, *kaunti* id. (*Cūṭā.* 2:62).