# SII 14.68: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 68. (A.R. No. 122 of 1905.) TIRUPPUḌAIMARUDŪR,
AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE EAST WALL OF THE
CHAṆḌĒŚVARA SHRINE IN THE PUṬĀRJUNĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0068

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0068.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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## Summary

Dated in the 2+18th year of Śaḍaiya-Māṟaṉ, this Vaṭṭeḻuttu record from
Tiruppūḍaimarudūr or Tiruppaḍumarudil as it was called in the old days,
mentions a servant of Vīra-Pāṇḍyadēva, who was a native of
Malayamādēvipuram in Pāṇḍimāttāṇḍa-vaḷanāḍu and refers to some donation
made by him, the details of which are lost. Though this Vīra-Pāṇḍya is
not specifically styled a Piḷḷaiyār, to denote his relationship to the
reigning king, it is possible that he was identical with Vīra-Pāṇḍya,
who figures in inscriptions with the title of ‘Śōḻaṉṟalaikoṇḍa’. As this
Vīra-Pāṇḍya’s date of accession has been calculated to be about 946
A.D., the Śaḍaiya-Māṟaṉ of this record may, as otherwise indicated also,
be identical with Rājasimha, the contemporary of Parāntaka, and the
immediate predecessor of Vīra-Pāṇḍya.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] koccaṭaiyamāṟa⟨rk⟩ku yā⟨2⟩ṇṭu 2 Itaṉetir patiṉeṭṭu
⟨3⟩ Ivvāṇṭu muḷḷi nāṭṭu tirup(pa)⟨4⟩ṭu marutil caṇṭicuvara⟨r⟩kku
(pā)⟨5⟩ṇṭimāttāṇṭa vaḷanāṭṭu ma(la)ya⟨6⟩mātevipurattu virapāṇṭiya [3+]
⟨7⟩ kkattu cevakaṉ veḷāṉ mātevaṉ [3+]

## Commentary

The end is damaged and built in.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.68 (ARIE/1904-1905/B/1905/122) 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 46, item 68.