# SII 14.76: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 76. (A.R. No. 270 of 1928.) KŌṬṬAI-KARUṄGUḶAM,
NANGUNERI TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
RĀJASIMHĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0076

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0076.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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## Summary

This damaged inscription in Vaṭṭeḻuttu characters belongs to the time of
Śaḍaiya-Māṟaṉ and is dated in some year opposite to the 2nd year of his
reign. It refers to the stone temple of Rājaśiṅgēchchuvaram at
Karuṅguḷam and to the gift of something for a perpetual lamp to be burnt
in it. The temple must have been built by Rājasimha, after whom the god
appears to have been so named.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī (∥) ko⟨c⟩caṭaiyamāṟa⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu Iraṇṭu Itaṉ Etir [4+]
ḻavaṉ [3+] ⟨2⟩ ya [2+] caṅkaram mutallāka karuṅkuḷattu
Irāciñkkecuvaramāyiṉa tiru⟨k⟩kaṟṟaḷi(p)pe [3+] ⟨3⟩ [3+] vaitta
tirunontāviḷakku [3+]

## Commentary

The record is much damaged.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.76 (ARIE/1927-1928/B/1927-1928/270) 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 49, item 76.