# SII 14.12B: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 12B. (A.R. No. 121 of 1928-29.) LĀLGUḌI, LALGUDI
TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
SAPTAṚISHĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0012B

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0012B.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record of Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ alias Pāṇḍyakulapati Varaguṇa Mahārāja
registers the gift of 120 kāśu by the king for burning a perpetual lamp
in the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruttavattuṟai in uḍaiyāṟṟu-nāḍu. The king
is stated to have transmitted the gift through a certain Aṇḍanāṭṭu-Vēḷāṉ
and the money was received by the assembly of Iḷamperuṅkāyirukkai in
Iḍaiyāṟṟu-nāḍu who agreed to supply one nāḻi of ghee for burning the
lamp.

The inscription is dated in the year 4+9 of the king’s reign and the
details of date, viz., Dhanus, Śadaiyam (Śatabhishaj), and Tuesday have
been equated with 824 A.D. November 29, and the king is identified with
Varaguṇa I.[1]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] komāṟañcaṭaiyarkku yāṇṭu 4⁓vatiṉ Etir 9 Āmāṇṭu dhanu
nāyiṟṟu cevvā⟨y⟩kkiḻamai peṟṟa cataya{ma}ttu (nāḷ I)⟨2⟩ṭaiyāṟṟu nāṭṭu
tiruttavattuṟai m¿ā?⟨a⟩hādevarkku Iravum pakalum cantirātittaval Iraṇṭu
no(ntāttiruviḷakku)⟨3⟩Erippatāka komāṟañcaṭaiyaṉ¿a?⟨ā⟩yiṉa
pāṇḍyakulapati varakuṇam¿ā?⟨a⟩hārāyar Aṇṭanāṭṭu veḷāṉ (k)aiyi(lk kuṭutta
pa)ḻa(ṅ)⟨4⟩kācu 100 2 10 nūṟṟirupatu kācu¿ṅ?⟨m⟩ muta(l) ke(ṭā)maiy
poli(yū)ṭṭiṉāl nicati nā [14+] ⟨5⟩ Aḷappomāyinom Ippaṭi Oṭ(ṭi) Ikkācu
koṇṭo(m) Iṭaiyāṟṟu nāṭṭu Iḷamperuṅkāy Iruk(k)ai (sabhai)(yo) ⟨6⟩ m [|]
Iññey nicati Irunāḻiyum muṭṭil muṭṭiraṭṭiyum mulap(pa)ṭṭa panmāheśvarare
sabhaiyākavum tanittākavum ni [14+]⟨7⟩ḷḷiṭṭa tāṉ veṇṭu koviṉukku pukka
vu ḷa Aññūṟu kāṇam taṇṭamiṭa Oṭṭikkuṭuttom tiruttavattuṟai mahādevarkku
[∥]

## Commentary

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XX, pp. 46 ff.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.12B (ARIE/1928-1929/B/1928-1929/121) 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 9, item 12B.

[1] [See Ep. Ind., Vol. XXVIII, p. 39 where the king is identified with
Varaguṇa II and the details are equated with 875 A.D. December 6—Ed.].