SII 14.132: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – CHOLA-PANDYA VICEROYS. No. 132. (A.R. No. 107 of 1905.) MAṈṈĀRKŌYIL, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE GŌPĀLASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0132.

Summary: This record dated in the 4th year of the reign of Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya states that the assembly having met in a hall of the ambalam, made some decision about the lands and houses granted to the gardeners, drummers, potters, garlandmakers, torch-bearers and dēvaraḍiyār of the temple of Śrī-Rājēndraśōḻa-viṇṇagar-Āḻvār at Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Muḷḷi-nāḍu, a subdivision of Muḍigoṇḍaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, a district of Rājarāja-Pāṇḍināḍu. The record is incomplete and so the full details of the transaction are not available. As stated in another inscription,1 from the same temple, the temple of Rājēndraśōḻa-viṇṇagar-Āḷvār was erected by the Chēra king Rājasimha in the name of Rājēndraśōḻadēvar, the Chōla king who was apparently his overlord.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (3cdd373), last modified (8f52b8f).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] koccaṭayapanmarāṉa śrīcuntaracoḻapāṇṭi(ya)tevarkku yāṇṭu nālāvatu Irācarācappāṇṭi nāṭṭu muṭikoṇṭacoḻavaḷa⟨2⟩nāṭṭu muḷḷināṭṭu brahmadeyam śrījajaccaturvvetimaṅkalattu mahāsabhaiyom Ampalam tu(ṭṭa)ṭakkiyil kūṭṭak kuṟaivaṟak kūṭiIruntu śrīje⟨3⟩ntracoḻa viṇṇakar Āḻvārkku tirunandavāṉaṅkaḷukku nandavāṉakkuṭikaḷ Irukkavum Uvacca kaḷukkum kucavakaḷukkum tiruviḷakkup piṭiccut tiruppaḷ⟨4⟩ḷittāman toṭukkun tevaraṭiyār peṇṭukaḷukkum {t} tiruviḷakkukku neyyaṭṭum veṭṭikkuṭi kaḷ Iṭaiyarkkum maṟṟu nivantaṅkaṭavār Eppe⟨5⟩ṟpaṭṭārkkum Iṭṭa nantavāṉaṅkaḷum maṉaikaḷumāvaṉa [|] melaippuṟa maṅkalaviti melai vācalukku vaṭakku cikoyilukkun tirumuṟṟattukkum ⟨6⟩ vaṭakku vaṭameṉmulaikkut teṟkkum matiḷukkuk kiḻakkum matiḷukku mekku kūṟiṭṭukkuk kiḻakku melai vācalukku vaṭakku vaṭamelmulai

Commentary

(6) vaṭamelmulai. The continuation is not traceable now.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.132 (ARIE/1904-1905/B/1905/107) 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). Pages 68–69, item 132.

Notes

  1. 1. Ep. Ind., Vol. XI, p. 294.