# SII 14.25: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 25. (A.R. No. 311 of 1904.) TIRUGŌKARṆAM,
ALANGUDI TALUK, PUDUKKOTTAI STATE (NOW TIRUCHCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT). ON
THE SOUTH WALL OF THE GŌKARṆĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0025

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0025.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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.

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## 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.