SII 14.5: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Alternative title: “EARLY PANDYAS. No. 5. (A.R. No. 90 of 1908.) TIRUPPATTŪR, TIRUPPATTUR TALUK, RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE TIRUTTAḶĪŚVARA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This bilingual inscription consists of a portion in Sanskrit and a portion in Tamil. The Sanskrit portion states that Teṉṉavaṉ-Pallavādhipa alias Māṟaṉ-Āditya born at Pōḻiyūr in Pōḻiyūr-nāḍu made a gift of 40 Kṛishṇa-kācha for burning a lamp in the temple of Śūlapāṇi at Śrīsthalī. The Tamil portion, dated the in the 4th+1st year and 593rd day of the reign of Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ states that Māṟaṉ-Āchchaṉ of Pōḻiyūr in Pōḷiyūr-nāḍu gave a donation of 40 kaḻañju to the Sabhā of Maṇaṟkuḍi for a lamp to be burnt in the temple of Tirukkaṟṟaḷi-Bhaṭāra at Tirupputtūr, a brahmadēya in Mīkuṇḍāṟu in Koluvūr-kūṟṟam and another gift of kaḻañju to the vaṇṇār of the place. This chieftain Māṟaṉ-Āchchaṉ has figured in another record from Kuttalam in the Tirunelveli District.¹

Languages: Sanskrit (san), Tamil (tam).

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] poḻiyūrāvyadeśesmiN poḻiyūre prasūtavāN [|] māṟanādityanāmā
⟨2⟩ śrītennavaN pallavādhipaḥ [||] dīpannitya pradīptyai sikatakuṭibhava br¿a?hmaṇebhyaḥ pradāya
⟨3⟩ catvāriṃśakpramāṇāN śatadhṛti caraṇo¿t?bhū tavarṇṇapradhānaḥ [|] śrīsthalyāṃ kṛṣakācāN taduditabhavi-
⟨4⟩ ṣā vṛddhideyena viprai⟨ṃ⟩ Arddhaprasthena siddhyaippravihitamakarotsu(sthi)ta⟨ś·⟩ śūlapāṇeḥ |||~
⟨5⟩ komāṟañcaṭaiyaṟku yāṇṭu nāṉku Itaṉetirāṇṭu nāḷ Aññūṟṟut toṇṇūṟṟu mūṉṟu I-
⟨6⟩ nnāḷālk koḻuvūṟk kūṟṟattu mikuṇṭāṟṟu brahmateyam tirupputtūrt tirukkaṟṟaḷi bhaṭāraṟkku po-
⟨7⟩ ḻiyūr nāṭṭup poḻiyūrt teṉṉavaṉ pallavaraiyaṉāyiṉa māṟaṉāccaṉ vacca tirunon=tā viḷakku
⟨8⟩ Oṉṟu [|] Itaṉiṟaiy ṉūṟṟirupatiṉ palam [|] Itaṟkku Iravum pakalum muṭṭāmal ca(ndr)ādityaval Erivatā-
⟨9⟩ ka Ittevā paṇṭārattu cūlanāḻiyāl nicati Uriy ney Aṭṭuva [*******] brahmade-
⟨10⟩ ya maṇaṟkkuṭic cavaiyār poliyūṭṭākak koṇṭa kaḻañcu 4 10 nāl [********] cūla nāṭiyā-
⟨11⟩ l nicatippaṭi muṭṭāmal Uriy ney yaṭṭuvatākakkoṭuttāṉ [|] Iva [********] kat tirupputtūr
⟨12⟩ vaṇṇārkku poliyūṭṭākakkuṭutta ka⟨ḻa⟩ñcu Oṉṟu [|] Ivviḷakku [********] ṭṭa kaṭava sabhaiyā-
⟨13⟩ raiyum rakṣippār śrīpādaM Eṉ śirassiṉ meliṉa |||

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ bhavi⟨4⟩ṣā • Read phaliṣā (for phalīṣā) for the sake of sense and metre.

⟨5⟩ Aṭṭuva [7+] • The stone is completely worn out here.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.5 (ARIE/1908-1909/B/1908/90) 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). Page 3, item 5.

Notes

1. No. 4 above.

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