Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c31.24

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Jaffna 43, 48, 50, 56, 61, 64, 152, 209 Jaffna dialect (of Tamil) 194 Jaina character of (Early Tamil) inscrs. 128 contribution to Tamil 139 Digambara (sect) 131, 135, 136, 152 disciple (acolyte) 131, 471, 630-31 early dated records 136-37 fast unto death (by Jaina monks) 471, 473, 632-33, 634 hermitage /monastery (*paḷḷi*) 125, 133, 135, 136, 137, 317, 331, 339, 365, 389, 399, 412, 429, 437, 447, 547, 593 hierarchy 129 inscrs. 7, 29, 114, 128, 135 Kāñci 137, 139 literary evidence 128 monks 7, 20, 29, 43, 85, 111, 115, 117, 127, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 136, 214, 351, 405, 407, 563, 593 *nicitikai* inscrs. 28, 29, 132, 135, 136, 471, 473, 628-34 nuns 15, 16, 131, 132, 175, 375, 572-73 Prakrit 112 preceptor 127, 128, 131, 329, 331, 333, 553, 554 religious terms 132, 133 re-occupation of cave shelters 137 saṁgha 127 scholars (in Tamil) 163 sculptures (in caves) 25, *138*, 139 Śvētāmbara (sect) 135 Tamil Jaina tradition 130 Tīrthaṅkaras 138 Jainism (Jaina religion) 109, 111, 115, 124, 128, 129, 130, 132, 137, 139, 141, 159, 163, 172 early phase in Tamil country 127 evolution of early Jainism in Tamil country 134-36 Jambai (inscr.) 22, 23-24, 38, 47, 53, 97, 98, 117, 119, 120, 399, 588-90 Jebarajan, E. 80, 90 juxtaposition of script and symbols 206, 207