XIII. Sittannavasal (சித்தன்னவாசல்)

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XIII. SITTANNAVASAL (சித்தன்னவாசல்)
49.
A.
e ru1 mi nā ṭu ku mu ḻa2 ū ra pi ṟā3 na tā kā vu ṭi ī te ṉa ku ci ṟu4 po ci5 la ī ḷā ya ra ce ya tā a ti ṭa a ṉā ma
    
B.
erumināṭu6 kumuḻ-ūr piṟanta kavuṭi-i7 [|*] teṉku-ciṟupocil8 iḷayar9 ceyta atiṭ-aṉam10  
    
அ.
எ ரு மி நா டு கு மு ழ ஊ ர பி றா ந தா கா வு டி ஈ தெ ன கு சி று பொ சி ல ஈ ளா ய ர செ ய தா அ தி ட அ னா ம
    
ஆ.
எருமிநாடு குமுழ்ஊர் பிறந்த கவுடிஇ [|*] தென்கு சிறுபொசில் இளயர் செய்த அதிட்அனம்
Translation
(To) Kavuṭi born at Kumuḻūr in Erumināṭu. The seat (atiṭṭāṉam) was made by the Iḷayar of Teṉku-Ciṟupocil.11
Locus
On a stone bed in the upper cave called Ēḻaṭippaṭṭam near the summit of the hill; deeply engraved along two adjacent sides of the bed; well-preserved.
No. of lines
1
Length
215 cm.
Date
ca. 1st century B.C.E.
Notes
1. ō in ARE (388A /1914). HKS reads u and KVS ō.
2. ṭhū in ARE. HKS reads ṭṭha and KVS ṭh.
3. jū in ARE. HKS reads ḍā and KVS ṟā.
4. ṭū in ARE. HKS also reads ṭū and KVS ṭu.
5. HKS and KVS read ci, followed here in preference to my earlier reading.
6. Probably -nāṭṭu (in oblique case). cf. erumaināṭu identified with the Mysore region of Karnataka. See ETE 2, Commentary (49.1).
7. Caste name of the resident Jaina nun. cf. Ka. gavuḍi/gauḍi, fem. of gavuḍa/gauḍa.
8. cf. (inscr.) teṉ-ciṟuvāyil-nāṭu. -pocil: cf. Ka. hosilu, Ta. vāyil 'entrance'. See ETE 2, Commentary (49.5).
9. cf. LT iḷaiyar, title of a martial clan.
10. Read atiṭ-āṉam (atiṭṭāṉam) 'seat'.
11. See ETE 2, Section 3.2.4 on the influence of Old Kannada on the cave inscriptions. See also Section 4.8 on the early phase of Jainism in the Tamil country.
Field Notes