SII 14.25: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 25. (A.R. No. 311 of 1904.) TIRUGŌKARṆAM, ALANGUDI TALUK, PUDUKKOTTAI STATE (NOW TIRUCHCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT). ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE GŌKARṆĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0025.

Summary: This record dated in the 17th year of the reign of Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ registers a gift of gold by Varaguṇavadiyaraiyaṉ alias Nakkaṉ-Śeṭṭi of Kalkuṟichchi in Kavirappāl, a village in Valla-nāḍu. The record may be assigned to Varaguṇavarman, as the name Varaguṇa-vadiyaraiyaṉ is borne by the donor in it. The characters in which this inscription is engraved are somewhat peculiar as their top-strokes have (horizon)tal curves.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (3cdd373), last modified (a6da095).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] komāṟa ⟨2⟩ ñcaṭaiyarkku yā ⟨3⟩ ṇṭu 10 7 Āvatu ⟨4⟩ vallanāṭṭu kavira⟨5⟩ppāl kalkuṟic⟨6⟩ci varakuṇa vati⟨7⟩Araiyaṉ Āṉa ⟨8⟩ nakkañceṭṭi I⟨9⟩ññāṭṭu tiruve⟨10⟩ḷppūr kokar⟨11⟩ṇattu māte⟨12⟩varkku nontā⟨13⟩viḷa⟨k⟩kiṉukku rāvu⟨14⟩mpakalum non ⟨15⟩ tāviḷakkuṉukku ⟨16⟩ vaitta poṉ ⟨17⟩ 10 5 patiṉañ(cu)⟨18⟩kaḻañcu [|] Ip⟨19⟩poṉ nāṭṭā⟨r⟩ ra ⟨20⟩ kṣaiyāka vai⟨t⟩ta ⟨21⟩ poṉ [||]

Commentary

Published in the Inscriptions of the Pudukkottai State, No. 239.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.25 (ARIE/1904-1905/A/1904/311) 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 22–23, item 25.