Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s1.75

***kaṇi*** 48.1, 48.3 (n.) 'head of a *gaṇa* (Jaina order of monks)'; title of a senior Jaina monk. Cf. (Pkt.) *gaṇi*. See section 4.9.3 (i).