# SII 14.26: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 26. (A.R. No. 690 of 1905.) RĀMANĀTHAPURAM,
DINDIGAL TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON A ROCK IN THE VILLAGE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0026

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0026.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This Tamil inscription which does not quote the regnal year of the king
states that Nakkaṉ-Puḷḷaṉ who had the other name of
Parāntaka-ppaḷḷivēḷāṉ had accompanied king Mārañjaḍaiyaṉ in his campaign
(yāttirai) against Iḍavai in Śōḻa-nāḍu. This Puḷḷaṉ had begun the
excavation of an irrigation tank in his name, called it Puḷḷaṉēri,
strengthened the banks with stone revetment and fixed the sluice
therefore; but he died before the project could be completed. The work
is then stated to have been completed by Puḷḷaṉ-Nakkaṉ, evidently his
son, with the help of the mason named Vaḍugaṉ-Kūṟṟaṉ and his son; and to
the two latter a gift of land in the two kūṟus of Paḷḷi-nāḍu was made.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī komāṟañcaṭayaiṉoṭu coḻanāṭṭiṭavaiyāt⟨2⟩tirai ceyta
parāntakappaḷḷiveḷāṉāIṉa nak⟨3⟩kampuḷḷaṉ ṟaṉperāṟ puḷḷaṉeri Eṉṟu ⟨4⟩
kuḷamākkik kaṟkotik kumuḻi ceyvittuk kuṟai⟨5⟩ppaṇi niṉṟatu muṟṟup
peṟuttāṉ puḷḷa na⟨6⟩kkaṉ [|] ṉatu ceyta taccaṉ vaṭukaṅ kūṟṟaṉ [|]
A⟨7⟩vaṉ makaṉ kuṟaippaṇi muttuvikka puḷḷana⟨8⟩kkaṉ Avaṉukkuk kāṇiyāka
Aṭṭiṉa pūmip paḷ⟨9⟩ḷināṭṭiraṇṭu kūṟṟilum Ūrkuḷattukkiḻ ⟨10⟩ talainīr
pāṭukāl loro vayal patak⟨11⟩ku nel [|]

## Commentary

⟨11⟩ nel. The record stops here abruptly and may perhaps be considered
to have ended here.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.26 (ARIE/1905-1906/B/1905/690) 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 23, item 26.