# SII 14.38: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 38. (A.R. No. 104 of 1905.) AMBĀSAMUDRAM,
AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON A SLAB IN THE Prākāra OF
THE ERICHCHĀVUḌAIYĀR TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0038

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0038.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 39th year of the reign of an
unspecified king and may be attributed to king Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ, whose
record (No. 36) dated in the 35th year has been published above.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [|] yāṇṭu muppattoṉpatu Iyyāṇṭu muḷḷināṭṭup
pira⟨2⟩mateyam Iḷaṅkoykkuṭi tiruppottuṭaiya bhaṭārarkku Innāṭṭu ⟨3⟩
kuḷattūr taviṇirāṉa c(ā)ttaṉ Antari vaicca tiruviḷakku Oṉṟu
teṉkaḷavaḻināṭṭu ⟨4⟩ māṇilai veṇmāṉiṭam Iraiyāṉa Irai ciṅkam vaicca
viḷakku Oṉṟu Ivaḷ taṅkai I⟨5⟩raiyāṉāc(ciy) vaicca viḷakku Oṉṟu Āka
viḷakku mūṉṟu [|] Immūṉṟu viḷakkiṉukku ⟨6⟩ niyati mū⟨vu⟩ḻakku neyyaṭṭi
Eri⟨va⟩tāka vaytta cāvāmū⟨vā⟩p perāṭu nūttaiympa(tu) [∥]

## Commentary

The slab has been removed from the prākāra and is not traceable in the
temple now.

⟨36⟩ muppattoṉpatu. Cf., No. 36 above.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.38 (ARIE/1904-1905/B/1905/104) 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 29–30, item 38.