SII 14.41: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 41. (A.R. No. 605 of 1915.) ĒRUVĀḌI, NANGUNERI TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON A BOULDER IN THE IRAṬṬAIPPOTTAI ROCK.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0041.

Summary: This record dated in the 43rd year of the reign of Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ comes from Ēruvāḍi. This is the highest regnal year found for Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ for whom records in the 35th and 39th years have been found elsewhere. The rock on which this epigraph is engraved is very much weather-worn and the record is therefore defaced. It appears to register a gift of land by Irambāṭṭu-vēḷāṉ Śāttaṉ as paḷḷichchandam to the Bhaṭāra of Tiruviruttalai-Aruvāḷam in Nāṭṭāṟṟuppōkku, and a gift of sheep for a lamp. A Tamil verse at the end of the record, stated to have been composed by the donor himself contains an exhortation to all to offer worship to Aruhan on the hill. The donor IrambāTTu-vēḷāṉ has figured in another record from Daḷapatisamudram dated in the 35+6th regnal year¹ of this king.

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Language: Tamil.

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

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⟨1⟩ śrī komāṟañ caṭaiyaṟku yāṇṭu 4 10 3 Ivvāṇṭu nāṭṭāṟṟuppokkut ti⟨2⟩ruviruttalai Aruvālattu paṭārakarkkup paḷḷiccantamāka nāṭṭukku⟨3⟩ṟumpiṉ kiḻacceri pāppācāṉṟārey Ivvūroṅkaḷ pūmi ciṟṟeyiṟ kā⟨4⟩liṟ pirinta Arumaṇṇaṭaik kālāl nir (A)ṭṭu nel liḷaivaṉa Iḷamakkaḷ ce⟨5⟩ytaṭin nilam 2 10 2 viḷamaperuṅkālāl nir Aṭṭu nel viḷaivaṉa kāṉam ⟨6⟩ taṭi 2 kāyalūrk kiḻāṉ taṭi 2 nilaṉ 4 Ikkālāl nir (A)ṭṭu nel vilaivaṉa ḻuta⟨7⟩ccermelatu taṭi % nilaṉ 5 vakaiyil vayalil Atam peṟṟa [1+] ma [2+] ye⟨8⟩ṉeṉ(ṟa) kālāl nir Aṭṭu nel viḷaivatu kiḻppulac cey taṭi % nilaṉ ⟨9⟩ [1+] Eṟṟittaṭi Oṉpatu nilaṉ va kāluṅ ka(rai)kkāṉa nāṭṭu I mpāṭṭu⟨10⟩veḷāṉ cāttaṉ pakkal I nilattāl yiṟai vilaipporuḷ koṇṭu I(n)⟨11⟩nilattāl Iṟaik kaṭaṉum vaḻi Iṟai veṭṭi Evvakaippaṭṭatum nāṭ⟨12⟩ṭukkuṟumpiṟ kiḻccerip pāppācāṉṟome kāttūṭṭuvatākavum [|] I⟨13⟩ppūmi Ipparicey vilaikkuṟa viṟṟup poruḷaṟak koṇṭu vi⟨14⟩laiyāvaṇap poruṭcelavolaiyākac ceytu kuṭuttom pāppācāṉṟāro⟨15⟩m veḷāṉ cāttaṉukku [||] Ipparicu Ippūmi kāttūṭṭuva [4+] Innila �� ⟨16⟩ yil Accañcu paḻaṅkācu vevveṟṟuvakai Iraṭṭi poruḷumaṟak [3+] ⟨17⟩ ṇattuttaṇṭamum paṭṭup piṉṉaiyum Ippūmi Ivva [2+] muṭṭāmal Aṭṭu⟨18⟩ṅkiḻccerip pāppācāṉrāron tiruviruttalai Aruvāḷattu Ivvāṇṭu Itte⟨19⟩varkkey Ivaṉe vaitta tiruviḷakku Oṉṟiṉukku niyati [4+] muṭṭāmal Aṭṭu ⟨20⟩ vitākap perumpaḻañciIrukkiṉṟa paṭaittalaivaṉ koṟaikkāṭaṉukku [4+] �� [4+] ⟨21⟩ [1+] ṅkoṉ māṟaṅkuṭi tāṅkiyum puṇaiyāka Aṭutta cāvā muvāp perāṭu Aimpatu śrī cilaccika⟨22⟩ri || Antamil pala kuṇattāti Arukantaṉentamiṭar tirkku [5+] ⟨23⟩ ṉorāta muṉṉeytiruttalai toḻumiṉ ceṉṟu vantaṇa malar [4+] ṉaiye toḻumiṉ [2+] ⟨24⟩ tevar centiṉamali ṭoḻiṟ colai tikaḻvāṉantaṭavu [2+] yuḷivantu maṇi yeṉṟo⟨25⟩maṉattu ṇiṉaippil ṉeṉṟo malaruṇṭa makarantam pa [2+] ⟨26⟩ ṉey [|] Ivaiyum veḷāṉa cāttaṉ colliṉa || Ivaiyum [3+] ṇṭu Innāṭā⟨27⟩ḷu nāṭṭu nācakaṉmār || ௳

⟨1⟩ śrī komāṟañ caṭaiyaṟku yāṇṭu 4 10 3 Ivvāṇṭu nāṭṭāṟṟuppokkut ti-
⟨2⟩ ruviruttalai Aruvālattu paṭārakarkkup paḷḷiccantamāka nāṭṭukku-
⟨3⟩ ṟumpiṉ kiḻacceri pāppācāṉṟārey Ivvūroṅkaḷ pūmi ciṟṟeyiṟ kā-
⟨4⟩ liṟ pirinta Arumaṇṇaṭaik kālāl nir (A)ṭṭu nel liḷaivaṉa Iḷamakkaḷ ce-
⟨5⟩ ytaṭin nilam 2 10 2 viḷamaperuṅkālāl nir Aṭṭu nel viḷaivaṉa kāṉam 
⟨6⟩ taṭi 2 kāyalūrk kiḻāṉ taṭi 2 nilaṉ 4 Ikkālāl nir (A)ṭṭu nel vilaivaṉa ḻuta-
⟨7⟩ ccermelatu taṭi % nilaṉ 5 vakaiyil vayalil Atam peṟṟa [*] ma [**] ye-
⟨8⟩ ṉeṉ(ṟa) kālāl nir Aṭṭu nel viḷaivatu kiḻppulac cey taṭi % nilaṉ 
⟨9⟩ [*] Eṟṟittaṭi Oṉpatu nilaṉ va kāluṅ ka(rai)kkāṉa nāṭṭu I mpāṭṭu-
⟨10⟩ veḷāṉ cāttaṉ pakkal I nilattāl yiṟai vilaipporuḷ koṇṭu I(n)-
⟨11⟩ nilattāl Iṟaik kaṭaṉum vaḻi Iṟai veṭṭi Evvakaippaṭṭatum nāṭ-
⟨12⟩ ṭukkuṟumpiṟ kiḻccerip pāppācāṉṟome kāttūṭṭuvatākavum [|] I-
⟨13⟩ ppūmi Ipparicey vilaikkuṟa viṟṟup poruḷaṟak koṇṭu vi-
⟨14⟩ laiyāvaṇap poruṭcelavolaiyākac ceytu kuṭuttom pāppācāṉṟāro-
⟨15⟩ m veḷāṉ cāttaṉukku [||] Ipparicu Ippūmi kāttūṭṭuva [****] Innila ����� 
⟨16⟩ yil Accañcu paḻaṅkācu vevveṟṟuvakai Iraṭṭi poruḷumaṟak [***] 
⟨17⟩ ṇattuttaṇṭamum paṭṭup piṉṉaiyum Ippūmi Ivva [**] muṭṭāmal Aṭṭu-
⟨18⟩ ṅkiḻccerip pāppācāṉrāron tiruviruttalai Aruvāḷattu Ivvāṇṭu Itte-
⟨19⟩ varkkey Ivaṉe vaitta tiruviḷakku Oṉṟiṉukku niyati [****] muṭṭāmal Aṭṭu 
⟨20⟩ vitākap perumpaḻañciIrukkiṉṟa paṭaittalaivaṉ koṟaikkāṭaṉukku [****] ��� [****] 
⟨21⟩ [*] ṅkoṉ māṟaṅkuṭi tāṅkiyum puṇaiyāka Aṭutta cāvā muvāp perāṭu Aimpatu śrī cilaccika-
⟨22⟩ ri || Antamil pala kuṇattāti Arukantaṉentamiṭar tirkku [*****] 
⟨23⟩ ṉorāta muṉṉeytiruttalai toḻumiṉ ceṉṟu vantaṇa malar [****] ṉaiye toḻumiṉ [**] 
⟨24⟩ tevar centiṉamali ṭoḻiṟ colai tikaḻvāṉantaṭavu [**] yuḷivantu maṇi yeṉṟo-
⟨25⟩ maṉattu ṇiṉaippil ṉeṉṟo malaruṇṭa makarantam pa [**] 
⟨26⟩ ṉey [|] Ivaiyum veḷāṉa cāttaṉ colliṉa || Ivaiyum [***] ṇṭu Innāṭā-
⟨27⟩ ḷu nāṭṭu nācakaṉmār || ௳  

Apparatus

Commentary

Near this two other Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscriptions are engraved on the rock. (Nos. 129-130).

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.41 (ARIE/1915-1916/B/1915/605) 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 32, item 41.

Notes

1. No. 40 above.

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