SII 14.9: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 9. (A.R. No. 136 of 1908.) TIRUPPATTŪR, TIRUPPATTUR TALUK, RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT. ON A SLAB IN THE FIRST prākāra OF THE TIRUTTAḶĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0009.

Summary: This inscription of Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ is dated in the 4th year opposite to the 6th, which apparently is a wrong citation for 4+6th year. The Sanskrit ślōka at the beginning states that Paṭṭā, the daughter of Māṟaṉ and the wife of Śaṅkara donated 10 dināra for a lamp to the god Śrīsthalīśa. The Tamil portion records the same fact in greater detail. The brāhmaṇa Mōśi Kaṇḍaṉ Śaṅkaraṉ is stated to be the son fo the kiḻār of Arukandūr and the amount of gift is specified as 10 kāśu. The endowment was left under the protection of Āyiratteḻunūṟṟuvar. What exactly is meant by this name is not clear.

Hand description:

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: (ab2718e), last modified (c11f789).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||]

I. Anuṣṭubh

⟨2⟩ dīpārtthaM śrīsthalīśāya

a

⟨3⟩ dinārāṇāṃ daśādiśaT

b

⟨4⟩ (pa)ṭṭākhya māratanayā

c

śaṃ⟨5⟩karasya priyā satī ||~

d

⟨6⟩ komāṟañcaṭaiyaṟku yāṇṭu ⟨7⟩ Āṟu Etir nāṉku Ivvā ⟨8⟩ ṇṭu (A)rukantūr kiḻār makaṉ ⟨9⟩ moci kaṇṭañ caṅkaraṉ pi⟨10⟩rāmaṇi māṟam paṭṭattā⟨11⟩ṉ tirupputtūrt tiru(t)⟨12⟩taḷip perumāṉaṭikaḷu⟨13⟩kku nontāviḷak keriya v(ai)⟨14⟩tta kācu pattu [|] Ivai kātto⟨15⟩ppā rāyirat teḻunūṟṟu⟨16⟩varaṭi yeṉa talai mela⟨17⟩(ṉa) [5+]

Apparatus

⟨5⟩ (ṉa) [5+] • The last line is obliterated. It may have contained a few syllables like svasti śrī [||].

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.9 (ARIE/1908-1909/B/1908/136) 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 5, item 9.