SII 14.50: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 50. (A.R. No. 323 of 1904.) KUḌUMIYĀMALAI, KULATTUR TALUK, (PUDUKKOTTAI STATE), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE ROCK-CUT CAVE TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0050.

Summary: This record (same as A.R. No. 238 of 1911), dated in the 2+1+1st year of the reign of Śaḍaiya-Māṟaṉ registers a gift of gold by Parāntaka-Adaḷaiyūr-nāḍāḷvāṉ alias Kaḍambaṉ-eṭṭi for burning a lamp in the temple of Tirumūlaṭṭāṉattu Mahādēva at Tirunilakkuṉṟam, a dēvadāna in Kuṉṟiyūr-nāḍu.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (3cdd373), last modified (d8ba322).

Edition

⟨1⟩ (svasti śrī) [|] koccaṭaiya ⟨2⟩ māṟa(ṟ)ku yāṇṭu (2 Ita)ṉeti⟨3⟩rāṇṭi ṉetirāṇṭu kuṉṟiyū⟨4⟩r nāṭṭut tevatāṉan tirunilak⟨5⟩kuṉṟattu tirumulaṭṭāṉattu mātevar⟨6⟩kku parāntaka Ataḷaiyūr nāṭā⟨ḷ⟩vāṉāyiṉa ⟨7⟩ kaṭampa ṉeṭṭi nontā viḷakkoṉṟukku ⟨8⟩ vaitta tuḷaippoṉ 7�ki Eḻuka⟨ḻa⟩ñca⟨9⟩rai [|] puḷḷaṅkuṭi yūrum parampaiyūru(rā)rum rakṣai [||] ⟨10⟩ Avaraṭi Eṉ talai melaṉa [||]

Apparatus

Commentary

After line 10, there is another inscription which is dated in the 10th year of an unspecified Pāṇḍya king and registers another ṅift of ṅold by two persons of ṇeṉmali-nāḍu to the same temple for the expenses of conducting a festival therein.

These lines read:

⟨1⟩ yāṇṭu pattāvatu tirumūlaṭṭāṉattu perumā⟨2⟩ṉaṭikaḷukku neṉmalināṭṭu nākaṉ kuṭi (kā)⟨3⟩ṭṭu cāttaṉunte [2+] kaṇavatiyum vaitta po⟨4⟩ṉ kaḻañcu tiruviḻā Eḻu nāḷaikku [||]

Two fragmentary records are found near this inscription. They read:

A

⟨1⟩ kaṟ brahmateyattup pirāmaṇa⟨ṉ⟩ kaviciya⟨2⟩ceṭṭi cirikaṇṭar tirumulaṭṭāṉattup perumā⟨3⟩ṉaṭikaḷukku nontā viḷakkoṉṟukku vai⟨4⟩tta tuḷaippoṉ 9 10 Itu paṉmāhe⟨5⟩śvararakṣai [||]

B

⟨1⟩ pakal viḷḷkku tirumulaṭṭāṉattu ⟨2⟩ pperumāṉaṭikaḷukkut tāḻi yāruraṉ ⟨3⟩ vaitta tuḷaippoṉ

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.50 (ARIE/1904-1905/A/1904/323) 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 38, item 50.