# SII 14.18: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 18. (A.R. No. 85 of 1927). TIRUNELVĒLI,
TIRUNELVELI TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
NARASIṀHA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0018

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0018.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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## Summary

This Vaṭṭeḻuttu record is dated in the 2nd year of the reign of
Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ and registers a gift of cows made by Śāttanammai, for
burning a lamp in the temple of Brahmapurittēvar at Tirunelvēli, on
behalf of Śāttan-Dēyam, a dēvaraḍiyāḷ of Tirunelvēl in Kīḻ-Vēmba-nāḍu.
Eṭṭi-Jātavēdaṉ, a veṭṭikkuḍi agreed to burn the lamp and
Māṉanaḍai-Mādēvaṉ, another veṭṭikkuḍi stood security (puṇai) for the
former.

It is possible that the temple was originally one of Śiva called
Brahmapurittēvar. A record of Rājarāja I dated in the 12th year of his
reign also refers to the god by this name only (No. 84 of 1927); and it
is only in a record of Jaṭāvarman Kulaśēkhara (No. 83 of 1927) that the
Narasimha-Perumāḷ is referred to as Vikrama-Pāṇḍyaviṇṇagar-Āḻvār.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] komāṟañcaṭaiyarkku yāṇṭu Iraṇṭu Iv⟨2⟩vāṇṭu
kiḻvempanāṭṭu tirunelvelit tevara⟨3⟩ṭiyāḷ cāttanteyattai cātti
cāttanammai Ittirunel⟨4⟩veli brahmapurittevarkku vaicca tiruviḷakku Oṉṟu
I⟨5⟩taṉukkuc cantirātittaval niyatam Āḻākku ney A⟨6⟩ṭṭuvatāka vaicca
cāvāmuvāp per ⟨pacu⟩p paṉṉiraṇṭarai Inney ⟨7⟩ muṭṭāmal Aṭṭuvatāka
Ippacuk koṇ(ṭa) veṭṭikkuṭi Eṭṭi cā⟨8⟩tavetaṉ [|] Ivaṉukkup puṇai Ivvūr
veṭṭikkuṭi māṉanaṭai ⟨9⟩ mātevaṉ ⁓|

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.18 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 18, item 18.