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📜Tamil-Brahmi • Tamilc. 100 BCE
Sittanavasal Ezhadipattam Asokan Bed Inscription
सित्तन्नवासल एऴडिपट्टम प्रस्तर-शय्या अभिलेख
Location:Ezhadipattam Cavern, Sittanavasal Hill, Pudukkottai
Dynasty & Patron:Early Pandya Dynasty
“Emi-nāṭṭu Asōkan seytha āthanam...”
The sacred polished stone meditation bed (karpadukkai) carved for the ascetic Asokan of Emi-nadu to undertake solemn dhyana and voluntary spiritual vow of Vadakkiruthal (Sallekhana).
Mahadevan, Iravatham, Early Tamil Epigraphy, Harvard Oriental Series, Vol. 62, 2003Read Epigraph