SII 14.46: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 46. (A.R. No. 425 of 1914.) PAḶḶIMAḌAM, ARUPPUKKOTTAI TALUK, RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE KĀLANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0046.

Summary: This record of the 2nd year of Śaḍaiya-Māṟaṉ is slightly damaged in the middle and appears to register a gift of 25 sheep for the maintenance of a lamp in the temple of Sundarapāṇḍya-Īśvara-Dēvar at Tiruchchuriyal, a dēvadāna in Paruttikkuḍi-nāḍu, by a carpenter of Kaliśalmaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Aḷaṟṟu-nāḍu. Vāṉavaṉmādēvi(maṅgalam) a brahmadēya in Veṇbu-nāḍu is also mentioned. This record may be assigned to the reign of Rājasiṁha, who was a contemporary of the Chōḷa king Parāntaka I and who was defeated by him as stated in the Udayēndiram plates.1

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (3cdd373), last modified (5890ff1).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] koccaṭaiyamāṟaṟku yāṇṭu Iraṇṭu paruttikkuṭinā⟨2⟩ṭṭut tevatāṉam tiruccuriyal cuntarapāṇṭiya Īccuvarattu tevarkku ⟨3⟩ Aḷaṟṟu nāṭṭu kalical(ma)ṅkalattut taccaṉ [1+] ṉa Ulakaṉeṉ veṇpunāṭṭup pi⟨4⟩rammateyam vāṉavaṉ mātevi ca(vai)kku [1+] m E [4+] ⟨5⟩ Aṭṭiṉamaiyil Attāṇikaḷoṭu tirutti vaicca Āṭu Irupatu [4+] ⟨6⟩ Añcu [|] caṭaiyaṉappi koṇṭāṉ panniraṇṭarai [|] nāṭaṉ panniraṇṭarai [|] (Ivvi)⟨7⟩ruvarum Oruvarkku Oruvar puṇai [|] Attāṇikaḷ vaccatu [||]

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ E [4+] • The record is damaged here.

⟨5⟩ Irupatu [4+] • The record is damaged here.

Commentary

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.46 (ARIE/1914-1915/B/1914/425) 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 35–36, item 46.

Notes

  1. 1. S.I.I., Vol. II, p. 383.