# SII 14.77: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 77. (A.R. No. 301 of 1916.) AMBĀSAMUDRAM,
AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE
EṞICHCHĀVUḌAIYĀR TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0077

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0077.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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## Summary

This incomplete inscription of Śaḍaiya-Māṟaṉ, the date of which is lost,
refers to a certain Māṉābharaṇaṉ-Podiyil-Vēḷāṉ, whose wife may have
provided perhaps for the burning of a lamp in the temple of
Tirupōttuḍaiya-Bhaṭāra at Iḷaṅgōykkuḍi. From the mention of Māṉābharaṇa
as the surname of the person, it may be inferred that it was probably a
biruda of the king Śaḍaiya-Māṟaṉ himself. It does not occur, however, in
his copper plate grant from Śiṉṉamaṉūr.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [3+] śrī [∥] koccaṭaiyamāṟa⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu [4+] ⟨2⟩ [2+] vvāṇṭu
muḷḷināṭṭu Iḷaṅkoykkuṭi⟨3⟩[3+] ttuṭai bhaṭār⟨k⟩ku māṉābharaṇa⟨ṉ⟩ potiyil
ve ⟨4⟩ [3+] ṇavā

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ yāṇṭu [4+] ⟨2⟩ [2+] vvāṇṭu • The missing syllables are probably
Iraṇṭu I

⟨3⟩ [3+] ttuṭai • The missing syllables are probably tiruppo — ⟨3⟩ ve
⟨4⟩ [3+] ṇavā • The missing syllables are probably ḷāṉ ma

## Commentary

TEXT: S.I.I., Vol. III, p. 441.

⟨4⟩ The record is incomplete.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.77 (ARIE/1916-1917/B/1916/301) 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 77.