# SII 14.17: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 17. (A.R. No. 10 of 1927). VIJAYANĀRĀYAṆAM,
NANGUNERI TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE
MANŌNMAṆĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0017

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0017.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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## Summary

The subjoined inscription is dated in the 2nd year of Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ and
registers that Pañchavaṉ-Pallavaraiyaṉ alias Vēḷ-Śendil of
Koṟṟampullaṉkuḍi in Mudukuḍināḍu purchased some lands from the sabhā of
Vijayanārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Nāṭṭāṟṟuppōkku and
gave them to the temples of Rāghava-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ[1] and
MaṉōmayaṉIchchurattu-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ. The names of another god
Tāṉtōṉṟipperumāṉaḍigaḷ and of a channel Paramēchchuvara-vāykkāl are
mentioned while describing the boundaries of the land in question.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] komāṟañcaṭaiyaṟku yāṇṭu Iraṇṭu ⟨2⟩ {Iraṇṭu} Ivvāṇṭu
nāṭṭāṟṟuppokkup pi⟨3⟩ramateyam vicaiyanārāyaṇac caruppetimaṅka⟨4⟩lattu
maṉomayaṉīccurattup perumāṉaṭika⟨5⟩ḷukku mutukuṭi nāṭṭu
koṟṟampullaṉkuṭip pa⟨6⟩ñcavaṉ pallavaraiyaṉāyiṉa veḷ centil vaitta
ti⟨7⟩runontāviḷakku Oṉṟuñ cantirāticcavar Eri⟨8⟩vatākac cavaiyāriṭai nāṉ
vilaikoṇṭu Uṭaiya O ⟨9⟩ ṉṟarai veli nilamāvatu [|] parameccuvara
vāyk(kā)⟨10⟩lukku mekkum tāṉtoṉṟip perumāṉaṭika⟨11⟩ḷ Arccaṉāpokattukkut
teṟkum Ippū⟨12⟩miyi naṭuvey teṟku nokkip poyiṉa kālu⟨13⟩kkuk kiḻakku
maṭaiñciliyaṭaiya Ivvo⟨14⟩ṉṟarai veli nilamuṅ kaṇikkūṟṟoṭu nir
pe⟨15⟩ṟuvatākavum [|] Innilam Iṟaiyiliyāvatākavu⟨m⟩ ⟨|⟩ ⟨16⟩ Ipparicu
vilai Uṭai⟨y⟩eṉāyirunta Immup⟨17⟩patumā ni⟨la⟩ttilum
ci(ri)rākavapperumā⟨18⟩ṉaṭikaḷukku vaitta pattu m(ā ni)⟨19⟩lamu nīkki
Itaṉuk(ku)p⟨20⟩pattu mā nilamuñ canti(rāti)⟨21⟩ttavaṟ tiruna⟨n⟩tā
viḷakku Eri(kka)⟨22⟩vaitt¿a?⟨eṉ⟩ pañcavaṉ pallavarai(yaṉāyi)⟨23⟩ṉa veḷ
centileṉ maṉoma(yaṉī)⟨24⟩ccurattup peru(māṉaṭikaḷukku) [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.17 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 17–18, item 17.

[1] The reference to a temple of Rāghava-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ is noteworthy.