SII 14.37: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 37. (A.R. No. 423 of 1906.) MĀṈŪR, TIRUNELVELI TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON ONE OF THE PILLARS IN THE AMBALAVĀṆA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0037.

Summary: This inscription dated in the 35th year and 469th day of the reign of Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ is of interest as giving the rules and qualifications which governed the admission of members to the assembly of Māṉanilainallūr, a brahmadēya in Kaḷakkuḍi-nāḍu, and the penalty imposed on those who transgressed these regulations. This is the only stone inscription which gives some insight into the administrative life of a Pāṇḍya village.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (1624459), last modified (fff4c3b).

Edition

⟨Face A: first side⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] komāṟañca⟨2⟩ṭaiyaṟkku yāṇṭu ⟨3⟩ muppattañcu ⟨4⟩ nāḷ nāṉṉūṟṟaṟu⟨5⟩pattu Oṉpatu I⟨6⟩nnāḷāl kaḷak(ku)ṭi⟨7⟩nāṭṭu brahmadeyam māṉa⟨8⟩(ni)laikalūr m¿ā?⟨a⟩hāsa⟨9⟩bhaiyom peruṅkuṟi kaḻa⟨10⟩ṟṟi śrīgova⟨r⟩ddhanattukkū⟨11⟩ṭi Iruntu Ivvūr m¿ā?⟨a⟩⟨12⟩hāsabhaiyom kuṭi maṉṟā⟨13⟩ṭuvataṉukku ceyta vyava¿bh?⟨sth⟩ai ⟨14⟩ yāvatu Ivv¿u?⟨ū⟩r paṅkuṭai⟨15⟩yār makkaḷ sabhaiyil maṉ⟨16⟩ṟāṭukiṟatu Oru dha⟨r⟩ma⟨M⟩ Uṭpa⟨17⟩ṭa mantirabrāhmaṇam vallār su ⟨18⟩ vṛttarāy Iruppāre Oru paṅ⟨19⟩kiṉukku Oruttare sabhaiyil ⟨20⟩ maṉruṭuvatākavum vilaiyum ⟨21⟩ (pra)(ti)(graha)mum st⟨r⟩idhana(mu muṭai)⟨Face B: second side⟩⟨22⟩yār Oru dhanmamuppa ⟨23⟩ ṭa mantira brāhmaṇam ⟨24⟩ vallarāy suvṛttarāy ⟨25⟩ Iruppāre maṉruṭu⟨26⟩vatākavum Itaṉ meṟ⟨27⟩paṭṭatu vilaiyālu⟨28⟩m pratigrahattālum st⟨r⟩i⟨29⟩dhanattālum śrāvaṇai⟨30⟩pukuvār muḻu cirāva⟨31⟩ṇai �ṟi kāl cirāva⟨32⟩ṇaiyum Araiccirāvaṇai⟨33⟩yum mukkāl cirāvaṇaiyu⟨34⟩m pukavum paṇikkavu⟨35⟩m peṟātā⟨rā⟩kavum pa⟨36⟩ṅku vilaikku koḷ{va}⟨37⟩v(ā)r Oru vedam Ell(ā) ⟨38⟩ Iṭamum sapariśiṣṭa⟨39⟩m parīkṣai tantārkke ⟨40⟩ śrāvaṇai paṇippatā⟨41⟩kavum Ipparicu Aṉ⟨42⟩ṟi śrāvaṇai pukkāraiyum ⟨Face C: third side⟩ ⟨43⟩ piṉṉaiyum Ikkac⟨44⟩cattil paṭṭa pari⟨45⟩ce maṉṟāṭuvatāka{va}⟨46⟩vum Ippariciṉā⟨47⟩l muḻuccirāvaṇai ⟨48⟩ Illātārai Evvakai⟨49⟩ppaṭṭa vāriyamu⟨50⟩m Eṟṟappeṟātārākavu⟨51⟩m Ipparicu ceykiṉ⟨52⟩ṟārum Aṉṟeṉṟu kuttu⟨53⟩kkāl ceyyappeṟātā⟨54⟩rākavum kuttukkāl cey⟨55⟩vāraiyum kuttukkāl ce⟨56⟩¿v?⟨y⟩vārkku (Upo)(kam ni) ⟨57⟩ ¿p?⟨ṟ⟩pāraiyum vevveṟṟu⟨58⟩vakai Aiyyañcu kācu taṇ⟨59⟩ṭaṅkoṇṭu piṉṉaiyum ⟨60⟩ Ikkacca⟨t⟩til paṭṭapari⟨61⟩ce ceyva{va}tākavum I⟨62⟩pparicu paṇittu vyava⟨63⟩stai ceytom mahāsabhai⟨64⟩yom mahāsabhaiyār bha

Commentary

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XXII, p. 5.

(64) bha. Built in.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.37 (ARIE/1906-1907/B/1906/423) 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 28–29, item 37.