# SII 14.137: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 137. (A.R. No. 615 of 1916.) ŚĒRMĀDĒVI,
AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
CENTRAL SHRINE, AMMAINĀTHA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0137

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0137.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This incomplete record dated in the [10]th year of Jaṭāvarman
Sundara-Chōḷa pāṇḍya registers a gift made by the Śivabrāhmaṇas of the
temple of Chōḷēndrasiṁha-Īśvaramuḍaiyār at
Nigariliśōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in regard to something which was done in
the temple of Śrīkayilāyamuḍaiyār in the same village.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ko(ccaṭai)yapaṉ⟨2⟩marāṉa Uṭaiyār
śrīsun=taraco⟨3⟩ḻapāṇṭiya devarkku yāṇṭu (10)⟨4⟩āvatu
rājarājappāṇṭināṭṭu Uttama⟨5⟩coḻavaḷanāṭṭu muḷḷināṭṭu brahmadeyam ⟨6⟩
nikarilicoḻac caruppetimaṅkalattu co⟨7⟩ḻentiraciṅka Īśvaramuṭaiyār koyil
⟨8⟩ [4+] śivabrāhmaṇar [2+] ⟨9⟩ [3+] vāciṉiyum Ampalavaṉ tiruvārur ⟨10⟩
[3+] Oṟṟiyūr rāmaṉum karumāṇikkaṉ paṭṭa⟨11⟩[5+] caṅkaranārāyaṇa(ṉ na)kka
pirāṉpaṭṭaṉum ⟨12⟩ [3+] ḷiṭṭa śivabrāhmaṇarom I⟨v⟩vūr śrīka⟨13⟩[3+] m
Uṭaiyār koyilil Eṭukkiṟa tirut ⟨14⟩ [1 lost line]

## Commentary

The inscription is incomplete and some stones are missing.

⟨14⟩ Damaged.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.137 (ARIE/1916-1917/B/1916/615) 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 71, item 137.