# SII 13.344: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 344. (A.R. No. 374 of 1924.) MĒLAPPAḺUVŪR,
UDAIYARPALAIYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE EAST WALL OF THE
MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE AGASTYĒŚVARA SHRINE, AGASTYĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0344

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0344.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The inscription is much damaged. It seems to be connected with No. 215
above and to record an order of [A]ḍigaḷ Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar Maṟavaṉ Kaṇḍaṉ
to the Tōdapattikkāṟach-Cheṭṭigaḷ (merchant community) of the place
perhaps permitting the payment of taxes due by them at the rates
prevailing at Nandipuram, on the representation made on their behalf by
. . . . ṇāvaṉ Araiyaṉ alias Kaṇḍaśeṭṭi. The order was communicated
through the officer Vēḷāṉ Chintāmaṇi, the headman of Tattaṉūr.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] koIrājakecariva [3+] ku [2+] ca [2+] ⟨2⟩ ṭikaḷ
paḻuveṭṭaraiyar maṟavaṉ kaṇṭan [4+] ⟨3⟩ ṇāvaṉ Araiyaṉnāna kaṇṭaceṭṭi
viṇṇappa [5+] ⟨4⟩ totapattikkāṟacceṭṭika{ḷ}ḷaiyum Iva⟨r⟩kaḷ paṇi [5+]
⟨5⟩ Emperumāḷ paṇṭai nan=tipuramaṟṟātiye ke [6+] ⟨6⟩ [6+] ṟaṉ kaṇṭaṉṉi
[5+] ⟨7⟩ [4+] p pe [5+] maṟacantaṉai koḷka(v)e(ṉṟu) [3+] cca⟨8⟩ya(nū)
tattaṉūrkiḻavaṉ veḷāṉ ciṉtāmaṇikku (śrī)(muka)m vara nakaramum
k(ā)⟨9⟩ṭaṉ parameśvaraṉ Evalāl cantrāditaval kalli(ḷ)le
veṭṭivittuko⟨10⟩ṇṭom tota(pa)ttikkāṟarom ⯼௳

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.344 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 184, item
344.