# SII 14.73: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 73. (A.R. No. 551 of 1911.) KŌVILKUḶAM,
AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE
TEṈṈAḺAGAR TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0073

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0073.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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## Summary

This mutilated record of the time of Śaḍaiya-Māṟaṉ is dated in the
2+19th year of his reign, and appears to register a gift of sheep made
by a certain Aḍigaḷ . . . . . . . . . ., evidently for burning a lamp in
the temple of god Tiruppodiyil-Viṇṇagar-Dēvar in Viṭaṅkanallūr.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [5+] yamāṟa⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu Iraṇṭu Itaṉetir pattoṉpatu (muḷḷinā)ṭṭuk
kuḷattu [4+] ⟨2⟩ [4+] tār viṭaṅkanallūrt tiruppotiyil viṇṇaka [4+] kku
Aṭikaḷ [4+] ⟨3⟩ [4+] ṉ vaicca Āṭu Irupattañcu [4+] ṇakar Iṭai [4+]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [4+] • The stones containing portions of the inscription are lost.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.73 (ARIE/1911-1912/B/1911/551) 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 48, item 73.