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

Emmanuel Francis

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0005

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0005.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha, Tamil], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥]

poḻiyūrāvyadeśesmiN poḻiyūre prasūtavāN [|] māṟanādityanāmā ⟨2⟩
śrītennavaN pallavādhipaḥ [∥] dīpannitya pradīptyai sikatakuṭibhava
br¿a?⟨ā⟩hmaṇebhyaḥ pradāya ⟨3⟩ catvāriṁśakpramāṇāN śatadhṛti
caraṇo¿t?⟨d⟩bhū tavarṇṇapradhānaḥ [|] śrīsthalyāṁ kṛṣakācāN
taduditabhavi⟨4⟩ṣā vṛddhideyena viprai⟨ṁ⟩ 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 [7+] brahmade⟨10⟩ya maṇaṟkkuṭic cavaiyār poliyūṭṭākak koṇṭa
kaḻañcu 4 10 nāl [8+] cūla nāṭiyā⟨11⟩l nicatippaṭi muṭṭāmal Uriy ney
yaṭṭuvatākakkoṭuttāṉ [|] Iva [8+] kat tirupputtūr ⟨12⟩ vaṇṇārkku
poliyūṭṭākakkuṭutta ka⟨ḻa⟩ñcu Oṉṟu [|] Ivviḷakku [8+] 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.

[1] No. 4 above.