# SII 14.4: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: EARLY PANDYAS. No. 4. (A.R. No. 480 of 1917.)
KUTTĀLAM, TENKASI TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE
NORTH-SIDE OF THE KUṞṞĀLANĀTHA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0004

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0004.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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## Summary

This incomplete record is dated in the 4th year and 360th day of the
Pāṇḍya king Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ and mentions the gift of some donation by
Māṟaṉ-Āchchaṉ, probably a petty chieftain of Pōliyūr, for a lamp in the
temple of Tirukkuṟṟālattu-Bhaṭāra. This person a so figures in a
record[1] from Tiruppattūr in the Rāmanāthapuram district, where he is
mentioned with the other title of Teṉṉavaṉ Pallavaraiyaṉ.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] komā ⟨2⟩ ṟañcaṭaiyarkku yāṇṭu ⟨3⟩ nālu nāḷ muṉṉūṟṟu
⟨4⟩ Aṟupatu Iññāṉāl ⟨5⟩ teṉavāra nāṭṭu⟨6⟩t tirukkuṟṟa⟨7⟩lattu
bhaṭāra⟨r⟩k⟨8⟩kup poḻiyūr ⟨9⟩ (A)raiyaṉāyiṉa ⟨10⟩ māṟaṉāccaṉ ⟨11⟩ Iravum
paka⟨12⟩lu muṭṭāme ca⟨13⟩ndrādityavaṟ Eri⟨14⟩vatāka vaitta ⟨15⟩
tirunontā vi⟨16⟩ḷakku Oṉṟu O

## Apparatus

⟨16⟩ Oṉṟu O • The inscription stops with this. The pillar on which this
record was engraved is not traceable now.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.4 (ARIE/1917-1918/B/1917/480) by Ramanatha
Ayyar 1962 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Ramanatha Ayyar, A. S. 1962. South Indian inscriptions. Volume
XIV: The Pāṇḍyas. South Indian Inscriptions 14. Delhi: Archaeological
survey of India (Manager of Publications). Pages 2–3, item 4.

[1] No. 5 below.