# SII 14.51: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 51. (A.R. No. 604 of 1926.) TĒṈŪR, MADURAI TALUK,
MADURAI DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR LYING IN A RUINED SITE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0051

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0051.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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## Summary

This record of the 2+6th year of the reign of Śaḍaiya-Māṟaṉ registers a
gift of 50 sheep by Vēḷāṉ-araiyaṉ of the village for burning a lamp to
god Tirumēṟṟaḷi-Bhaṭāra at Peruntēṉūr in Pāgaṉūr-kūṟṟam. The pillar must
have belonged to the temple, ruins of which are found in the site.
Though Tirumēṟṟaḷi may signify a temple of Vishṇu, for Vishṇu temples
are generally located in the west of the village and are called as such,
a neglected liṅga found in the locality indicates that the original
temple may have belonged to god Śiva. In some places Śiva temples have
also been called ‘Tirumēṟṟaḷi.’

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [4+] koccaṭai⟨2⟩yamāṟa(r)kku yāṇ⟨3⟩ṭu 2 Itaṉṉe⟨4⟩tir Āṟu Iv⟨5⟩vāṇṭu
pākaṉūr⟨6⟩kkūṟṟattup pe⟨7⟩runteṉūrt tirume⟨8⟩ṟṟaḷippaṭā⟨ra⟩rk⟨9⟩ku
nicati Uriy ⟨10⟩ ney tirunontā⟨11⟩viḷakkerivitā⟨12⟩ka Ivvūr
veḷāṉa⟨13⟩raiyaṉ vaitta pacu ⟨14⟩ Aim(patu) [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.51 (ARIE/1926-1927/B/1926/604) 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 38–39, item 51.