Tiruniṟaṅkoṉṟai, cave, no king, no year EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00455

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 2019-2025 DHARMAbase Construction of a hall (maṇṭakam) for the Jain temple of Tirunaṟuṅ Koṇṭai and of the Jain temple (kōyil) of Caturmukaṉ.

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tirunaṟuṅ koṇtai-k kiḻai-p-paḷḷikku kiīḻ maṇṭakamuñ caturmuka-t tiru-k-kōyiluñ ceyvittār kāviri-t-teṉ-karai mirai-nāṭṭu tala-k-kuṭi vicaiya-nalluḻāṉ-ākiya kumaraṉ tēvaṉ

nilamum ñāyaṟum

Prosperity!

He who had the hall maṇṭakamSanskrit maṇḍapa. east of the KiḷaippaḷḷiA Jain shrine named kiḷai, "sprout, shoot, bud, bunch of flowers." of the glorious one with a fragrant naṟum tuft koṇṭaiWe presume that tirunaṟuṅ koṇtai is the name of a major deity of the site. and the glorious temple of CaturmukaṉSee MTL, s.v.: Lit., the four-faced. 1. Brahmā; 2. Arhat. built is Kumaraṉ Tēvaṉ alias Vicaiyanalluḻaṉ of Talakkuṭi in the Miraināṭu on the northern bank of the Kāvēri kāviri.

The earth and the sun Possibly a formula wishing that these constructions last as long as the earth and the sun.

Reported in (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1939-1940/306).

Edited in .

Encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on , not sufficiently reliable. The distinction between vowel akṣaras and markers, and between Grantha and Tamil letters, cannot be implemented with full confidence. The present digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper visual documentation.

3 I 1317 80 66 B/1939-1940 306