SII 14.87: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 87. (A.R. No. 626 of 1926.) KĪḺMĀTTŪR, MADURAI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE MAṆIKAṆṬHĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0087.

Summary: The inscription in Tamil poetry is fragmentary; but from the available portion, it can be inferred that it refers to the building of the temple at Tirumāttūr by a certain Tamiḻavēḷ in about the 8th year of reign of Vira-Pāṇḍya. This record contains an eulogy of this chieftain. There is a reference to some who was well-versed in Sanskrit and Tamil works, such as the Vēdas, the Purāṇas, PAtañjala mudar-paṉuval, etc. As the name Teṉṉavaṉ is mentioned in another record, that word combined with Tamiḻavēḷ seems to give the full title ‘Teṉṉavaṉ-Tamiḻavēḷ’ of the chieftain, who erected the ŚrIkaṇThēśvaram temple in stone. This chief figures in a record dated in the 12th year of Vīra-Pāṇḍya at Ambāsamudram in the Tirunelveli district.¹

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Language: Tamil.

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

Version: 2025-06-01 11:15 (3cdd373), last modified 2025-05-20 23:14 (3184d53).

⟨1⟩ taṇṭamiḻoṭāri yanūl va— ⟨2⟩ lla tamiḻaveḷ vaṇṭamaruñ colai cūḻ māttūriṟ caṇṭapaṭi Eṉṟuṅ kuṉṟāmaiy pārttiyaṟ ṟumā [4+] rāṭi Eṉṟum pūmpotavaṟku ||~ pūmicai maṭantaiyum puṉai tamiḻp pula[.]e [3+] r [2+] nāmicai ⟨3⟩ maṭantaiyum naṉakiṉi tirukka mārvu mukamu maṟṟavark kaḷitta tāḷkeḻu taṭantoṭ caturācāraṉa (mai)ccaṉ Itto [3+] varkkuṅ kacci mūtūrk kāmak kiḻavor paṭuvaṇ kirtti marapuḷāṉ vāṭik kūṭi [4+] mutal van [4+] ⟨4⟩ takoḷari [1+] malart teṉṉar komāṉ kaṉṉi naṉṉāṭṭup puḷaka vācaṟ p¿o?⟨e⟩rarum puricaik kaṉaka māḷkaik kaḷan [4+] malaṉ Iṟaivarai makaḷireṟṟiya viḷakkamaṟurai kaṭaṟ pakkattāriruḷ kaṭiyum pu [4+] ṟai [2+] yūruṭai [6+] ⟨5⟩ ya peruḷāṉ maṟai poruṭṭaricaṉa māṟun tamiḻkaḷ mūṉṟum varicaiyilamainta vaṭanūl vakaiyu nīti nūlaiyu metaku purāṇamum pātañcala mutaṟ paṉuvaṟ payaṉkaḷum meymai yuṇarn [2+] ṟu [2+] virapāṇ

Commentary

(1) taṇṭamiḻoṭāri. The inscription is fragmentary, the further stones being now missing.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.87 (ARIE/1926-1927/B/1926/626) 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 56, item 87.

Notes

1. No. 101 of 1905 published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XXV, p. 35. See No. 95 below.

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