# SII 14.54: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 54. (A.R. No. 441 of 1907.) ŚIṈṈAMAṈŪR,
PERIYAKULAM TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE
LAKSHMĪNĀRĀYAṆA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0054

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0054.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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## Summary

The stone on which this inscription of the 2+8th year of the reign of
Śaḍaiya-Māṟaṉ had been originally engraved, has been redressed, and the
record has suffered damage. It registers a gift of 10 kaḻañju by a
brāhmaṇa named Nakkaṉ Duvēḍi (Dvivēdi) of Āvichchaṉūr, a brahmadēya of
Āṇmaga-Nāḍu (the Āṇmā-nāḍu of other records), for a perpetual lamp to be
burnt in the temple of god Tirunaḍuvupaṭṭāra at Arikēsarinallūr, a
brahmadēya in Aḻa-nāḍu. Arikēsarinallūr was the ancient name of
Śiṉṉamaṉūr, and Tirunaḍuvu-Bhaṭāra, the god of the ‘central’ temple has
as noted above, reference to the location of the temple in the centre of
the village.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrīkoccaṭaiyamāṟa⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu Iraṇṭu Itaṉetir Eṭṭu Ivvāṇṭu Aḻanāṭṭup
pirama⟨2⟩teyam A(ri)kecarinallūr tirunaṭu(vu paṭ)ṭārakku
tirunontāviḷak(ko)ṉṟiṉukku ney (U)riy(kku) ⟨3⟩ Āṇ(maka)nāṭṭu piramateyam
Āviccaṉūr kaviciyaṉ nakkan (tuveti) vaicca kaḻaiñcu ⟨4⟩ 10 pattu ௳

## Commentary

On the south wall of the temple is the following damaged Vaṭṭeḻuttu
record:

No. 438 of 1907.

⟨1⟩ śrī Arikecarinallūr tirunaṭuvuḷ paṭṭārakarkku teṉpaṟappu nāṭṭu
vātavūr ⟨2⟩ vaḷa [5+] p pāṇṭaṉaic cātti Ivaṉ maṇavāṭṭi velāṉakkaṉ tāy
vacca ⟨3⟩ tirunontā viḷakku

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.54 (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/441) 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 40, item 54.