# SII 14.63: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 63. (A.R. No. 299 of 1916.) AMBĀSAMUDRAM,
AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE LEFT DOOR-LAMB OF THE
FRICHCHĀVUḌAIYĀR TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0063

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0063.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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## Summary

This incomplete inscription of Śaḍaiya-Māṟaṉ is dated in the 2 + 11th
year of his reign and stops with the mention of Iḷaṅgōykkuḍi in
Muḷḷi-nāḍu.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ⟨2⟩ koccaṭai⟨3⟩yamāṟa⟨r⟩kku⟨4⟩iyāṇṭu⟨5⟩2 Itaṉeti⟨6⟩r
(10 1) I⟨v⟩vā⟨7⟩ṇṭu muḷḷi⟨8⟩nāṭṭu pira⟨9⟩mateyam I⟨10⟩ḷaṅkoykku⟨11⟩ṭi
tirup

## Commentary

⟨11⟩ The inscription stops here. A few lines are continued on the other
side of the jamb:

⟨1⟩ [1+] ṇṭi nāṭ ⟨2⟩ [1+] lanta a ⟨3⟩ [1+] veṇpai ⟨4⟩ [2+] ṭicceri ⟨5⟩
[1+] ppāṇica ⟨6⟩ [1+] komāṉ ca ⟨7⟩ [1+] cci maka ⟨8⟩ [1+] makaṉ nāraṇa
⟨9⟩ [1+] mikaḻi ⟨10⟩ Avaṉai ca ⟨11⟩ tti ⟨1⟩ [2+] ⟨1⟩ [5+]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.63 (ARIE/1916-1917/B/1916/299) 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 43–44, item 63.