SII 14.3: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar EARLY PANDYAS. No. 3. (A.R. No. 37 of 1908.) TIRUPPARANKUṈṞAM, MADURAI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON ONE OF THE PLLARS IN THE ROCK-CUT CAVE. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0003.xml 2019-2026 as per external metadata

This Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscription dated in the 6th year of Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ which is engraved in archaic letters, has been attributed to Jaṭila Parāntaka of the Āṉaimalai inscription noted above. It records the construction of the Tirukkōyil (shrine) and of the Śrī-taṭākam (tank) by Śāttaṉ-Gaṇapati, a resident of Karavandapura,On Karavandapura, see No. 1 above. who is called Pāṇḍi-Amṛitamaṅgalavaraiyaṉ, and is stated to have belonged to the Vaidya caste and to have been the mahāsāmanta of the king. The shrines of Durgādēvī and Jyēshṭhādēvi were constructed by Nakkaṉ-Koṟṟi, who is described as the Dharma-patni probably of this mahāsāmanta. On account of the interest of this record, the text is reproduced here.

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śrīkomāṟañcaṭaiyaṟku rājyavarṣaM Āṟāvatu cellā niṟapa maṟṟavaṟku mahā sāmantaṉākiya karavantapūrādhi vāsī vaijyaN pāṇṭi Ami rtamaṅkalavaraiyaṉāI ṉa cāttaṅ kaṇapati ti ruttavittatu tirukkoI lum śrītaṭākamum Itaṉuḷa ṟa muḷḷatam . maṟṟava ṟku dharmmapanti Ākiya na kkaṅ koṟṟiyāṟ ceya ppaṭṭatu durggādevi ko Iluñ jeṣṭai koIlum .

The text has been given in Indian Antiquary, Vol. XXII, p. 67 and a facsimile has been reproduced on plate facing p. 286 of the Travancore Archaeological Series, Vol. I. Nakkaṉ Koṟṟi (i.e.) Koṟṟi, daughter of Nakkaṉ has elsewhere been considered as the dharmapatni of the king but in the absence of any royal titles such as ‘nambirāṭṭiyār’, etc., and from the use of the word ‘dharmapatni’ with reference to her, it is reasonable to consider her as the wife of Śāttaṉ-Gaṇapati, the mahāsāmanta of the king.

Digital edition of SII 14.3 by converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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