# SII 14.55: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 55. (A.R. No. 605 of 1926.) TĒNŪR, MADURAI TALUK,
MADURAI DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR LYING IN A RUINED SITE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0055

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0055.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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## Summary

This inscription of the 2+8th year of Śaḍaiya-Māṟaṉ records a gift of
sheep by a certain Araiyaṉ-Tiruvaraṅgi for a lamp in the temple of
Tirumēṟṟaḷi-Bhaṭāra of Peruntēṉūr in Pāgaṉūr-kūṟṟam.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ koccaṭaiyamā⟨2⟩ṟa⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu ⟨3⟩ 2 Itaṉ ṉe ⟨4⟩ tir Eṭṭu ⟨5⟩ Ivvāṇṭu
⟨6⟩ pākaṉūrkkū⟨7⟩ṟṟattup pe ⟨8⟩ runteṉūrt ti⟨9⟩rumeṟṟaḷi pa⟨10⟩ṭāraṟkku
⟨11⟩ Ivvūr ⟨12⟩ Araiyanti ⟨13⟩ ruvaraṅki ⟨14⟩ v¿a?⟨ai⟩tta
tiruno⟨15⟩ntāviḷa⟨k⟩ku ⟨16⟩ Oṉṟu [|] Iv⟨17⟩viḷa⟨k⟩ku⟨k⟩ku ⟨18⟩ vaitta
Āṭu ⟨19⟩ Ai(m)patu [|] I⟨20⟩vviḷak⟨21⟩kerikka kaṭa ⟨22⟩ [1+] civako ⟨23⟩
[1+] ri [1+] ⟨24⟩ vvā [2+]

## Commentary

⟨22⟩ civako. The record is damaged after this.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.55 (ARIE/1926-1927/B/1926/60) 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 55.