Digambara Epigraphical Library (शिलालेख संग्रहालय)

The undisputed lithic charters of Digambara Jainism: royal proclamations, Sallekhana memorials, and Mūlasangha genealogies

12 Primary Inscriptions5 Ancient Scripts (Brahmi to Vatteluttu)Epigraphia Carnatica & Indica Verified
📜Vatteluttu • Tamilc. 770–850 CE

Kazhugumalai Vatteluttu Inscriptions of Female Monastics

कऴुगुमलै वट्टेऴुत्तु अभिलेख (आर्यिका संघ)
Location:Kazhugumalai Rock-Cut Cliffs, Thoothukudi
Dynasty & Patron:Pandya Dynasty
“Tirunechurathuk kurathigaḷ seytha paḷḷi... śrī Gunasena-periyadigal mānākkiyar...”

Dedicated by the revered female mendicants (Kurathiyar / Aryikas) of Tirunechuram, disciples of the venerable preceptor Gunasena. Over one hundred bas-relief Tirthankaras were commissioned by nuns, scholarly women preceptors, and civic guilds.

South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. V, Nos. 307–407, Archaeological Survey of IndiaRead Epigraph

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