Tondai, Toṇḍai: 1 definition
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Tondai means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the ŚilāhārasToṇḍai is the name of a country mentioned in the “Kolhāpur stone inscription of Gaṇḍarāditya”. Accordingly, “Nimbadevarasa‒who is dependent on his (i.e. Gaṇḍarāditya’s) lotus-like feet, and who has all the titles of honour such as... ‘a furious rutting elephant to the clusters of lotuses that were the feudatories of the Toṇḍai (country)’...”
This stone inscription (mentioning Toṇḍai) is on the right side of the temple of the Jaina Tīrthaṅkara Pārśvanātha near the former Śukravāra gate of Kolhāpur. It records certain taxes and dues levied by the Trading Corporation of the Vīra-Baṇañjas and certain merchants and representatives of towns. It is dated on the fifth tithi of the dark fortnight of Kārttika in the Śaka year 1058, the cyclic year being Rākṣasa.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Starts with: Tondaijaba.
Ends with: Karudattondai.
Full-text: Thirumalisai Alvar, Kamakshi.
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Middle Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Kalakattur < [Chapter II - Temples of Rajaraja I’s Time]
Temples in Ambasamudram < [Chapter II - Temples of Rajaraja I’s Time]
Temples in Kuvam < [Chapter IV - Temples of Rajendra I’s Time]
Later Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Atti < [Chapter X - Temples of Rajadhjraja II’s Time]
Appendix 2: Tiruvanakkoyil < [Chapter VIII - Temples of Rajaraja II’s Time]
Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) (by S. Krishnamurthy)
Religious Beliefs during the Pallava period (Introduction) < [Chapter 3 - Socio-Religious Life]
Early Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Tirnmiyachchur < [Chapter VIII - Temples of Uttama Chola’s Time]
Temples in Tirumalpuram (Tirumarpperu) < [Chapter II - Temples of Parantaka I’s Time]
The Tamils and the Andhras < [March, 1928]
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)
Chapter 65 (b) - Thirunatuthogai, Thiru Idaiyatruthokai and Urthogai (Hymn 91) < [Volume 3.5 - Pilgrim’s progress: to the North]