SII 14.80: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 80. (A.R. No. 421 of 1914.) PAḶḶIMAḌAM, ARUPPUKKOTTAI TALUK, RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH BASE OF THE KĀLANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0080.

Summary: This inscription is dated in the 4th year opposite to the 4th year of the same king’s reign. It registers a gift of sheep by Aruḷāḻi, the headman of a village in Veṇbu-nāḍu, for burning a lamp in the temple of god Sundara-Pāṇḍya-Īśvarattu-Dēvar at Tiruchchuḻiyal, for the merit of his son Kaṇḍaṉ-Dēvaṉ.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: (3cdd373), last modified (6e0fca9).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] coḻaṉṟalaikoṇṭa kovirapāṇṭiyaṟku yāṇṭu (4) Itaṉetir 4 Ivvāṇṭu paruttikkuṭināṭṭu teva(tāṉam tiruccu)ḻiyal paḷḷipaṭaiyc cuntarapāṇṭi Īśvara⟨2⟩ttu tevarkku veṇpuṉāṭṭu [4+] kuṭi kiḻavaṉaruḷāḻi taṉ makaṉ kaṇṭaṉ tevaṉai cārtti vaicca tiru(viḷa)kku Oṉṟu [|] Ivviḷakku(kku) vaicca Āṭu cāvā muvāp pe⟨3⟩rāṭu Irupattaiñcum Aṭaikoṇṭa Iṭaiyaṉ paruttikkuṭi nāṭṭup peruñcennilakuṭi kuḻuvāṇai pūti [3+] Irupattaiñcu ⟨6 | Ivaiñciṉāl ney coḻiyanāḻiyāl ⟨4⟩ ney Āḻākkum (A)ṭṭuvitāka Iṟaippuṇai paṭṭeṉ tiruccuḻi⟨ya⟩l tevar veṭṭikkuṭi Iṭaiyaṉ Aḻimuṉai caṭai [3+] kuṭi maṇiyaṉ [||]

Commentary

On the same south wall, the following incomplete and fragmentary pieces are seen.

A

⟨1⟩ tevatāṉam tiruccuḻiyal paḷḷipaṭai cuntarapāṇṭiya Īśvaraka⟨2⟩ I tirumukamvara Innāṭṭu nāṭṭomu muṭaṉiruntu Ellaikāṭṭa I— ⟨3⟩ ṉum Atikārañ ceykiṉṟa poḻiyūr cuṟṟuppoḻiyū— ⟨4⟩ yākavum kaṇaiyappaḷḷit teṉṉavaṉuttira mantiri—

B

⟨1⟩ tiruccuḻiyal paḷḷipaṭai sun=tarapāṇḍya Īśvarattu Āḻvārkku Itte ⟨2⟩ Uḻakkāl nicatam Āḻākku neykku vacca cāva muvāp perāṭu Irupattai⟨ñ⟩cum co ⟨3⟩ [3+] taṉukkup puṇai Ittevar veṭṭikkuṭi potiyi ṉāyaṉ |||~

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.80 (ARIE/1914-1915/B/1914/421) 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 51, item 80.