SII 13.241: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: “No. 241. (A.R. No. 99 of 1905.) AMBĀSAMUDRAM, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TINNEVELLY DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE ERICHCHĀ-UḌAIYĀR SHRINE IN THE ERICHCHĀ-UḌAIYĀR TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This is a Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscription of Rājarāja I who was also known as Rājarājakēsarivarman. The king's name is read as Rājakēsarivarman in the M.E.R. for 1905. The inscription records an endowment made for a lamp in the temple by Āchchaṉ Uṟaiyur alias Śōḻiaraiya-Māyileṭṭi, a merchant of Kumaramā[r*]ttāṇḍapuram in Tiraimūṟ-nāḍu. This place with its merchant guild (nagarattār) is already known to us from No. 13 above.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0241.

File path: SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0241.xml.

Version: 2026-03-06 12:20 (56e9cef), last modified 2025-07-03 14:51 (0ec4724).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] kovi(rācarāca)kecariva⟨r⟩mma-
⟨2⟩ ⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu pati(nālā)vatu teṉkarai ti-
⟨3⟩ raimurnāṭṭu kumara(māt)tāṇṭapurattu vi-
⟨4⟩ yāpāri Āccaṉ U(ṟai)yurāyiṉa coḻiA(rai)-
⟨5⟩ ya māyileṭṭiye⟨ṉ⟩ Utaiyamperumāṉāyi-
⟨6⟩ ṉa viranārāyaṇappal(la)varaiyaṉ makaṉ (rā)jarāja te-
⟨7⟩ [**] ttu vacca tirunantāviḷakku
⟨8⟩ [*****]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.241 by Srinivasa Rao 1952 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1952. South-Indian inscriptions (texts) (with introductory notes in English). Volume XIII: The Cholas. South Indian Inscriptions 13. Madras: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 129, item 241.

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