# SII 14.144: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 144. (A.R. No. 109 of 1905.) MAṈṈĀRKŌYIL,
AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
GŌPĀLASVĀMIN TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0144

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0144.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription dated in the 13th year of Jaṭāvarman
Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya registers the sale by the sabhā of
Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam to the temple of
Rājēndraśōḻa-viṇṇagar-Paramasvāmigaḷ, which according to other
inscriptions is known to be the temple built by the Chēra king Rājasiṁha
in the name of his Chōḷa overlord.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] koccaṭaiyapaṉmarāṉa Uṭaiyār
śrīcun=taracoḻapāṇṭiyadevarkku yāṇṭu patiṉ (mū)ṉṟāvatu śrīrājarājappāṇṭi
nāṭṭu muṭikoṇṭa coḻavaḷanāṭṭumuḷḷināṭṭu brahmadeyam
śrīrājarājaccaruppetima(ṅ)kalattu śrīrājentracoḻaviṇ(ṇaka)r
(pa)ramasvāmikaḷukku śrīrājarājac catu(r)vvetimaṅkalattu mahāsabhaiyom
viṟṟukkuṭutta pūmiyāvatu [|] Eṅkaḷ piṭākai pāmpunā(ṟi) Iṭaikku(ṉ)ṟa
veṭṭikku meṟkum śrīrājarājaviṇṇakar devar tevatā(ṉa)⟨2⟩ttukkuk kiḻakkum
taṇporuntamāṉa muṭikoṇṭacoḻapperāṟṟukku vaṭakkum śrī rājarājap
perāṟṟu(k)kut teṟkkum Āka Ivve(l)laiyuḷ Akappa(ṭ)ṭa Iru pū Āṟu pāyccal
nila⟨ṉ⟩ Āṟu veliyum meṟpaṭi maḻuk(kā)ṭu nilaṉ muveliyum puṉcey maḻukkāṭu
nilaṉ muveliyum Eṅkaḷurppaṭākai koṉāṭṭu Irupū Āṟup (p)āyccal nilaṉ Oṉṟey
Eḻumāvum Ivvūr paṭākai kaṭaiyattu pataiyāvili kāṭeṟṟu Oru pū Aṟupāyccal
nilaṉ Araiyum Ivvūr paṭākai pulkkuḷa⟨3⟩māṉa vārimāyileṭṭi Eripuṟaṅkarai
Oru pū nilaṉ Araiyum Ikkuḷattakam pu nir kovai nilaṉ Araiyum (Ā)ka Iru
pū Āṟupāyccal nilaṉ Eḻe mukkāley Iraṇṭu māvum meṟpaṭi maḻukkāṭu nilaṉ
muveliyum puṉcey maḻukkāṭu nilaṉ muveliyum Oru pū nilaṉ Araiyum kuḷattil
ni⟨r⟩ kovai nilaṉ Araiyum Āka nilaṉ patiṉāle(y) mukkāley Iraṇṭu māvum
viṟṟuk kuṭuttom śrīrājendracoḻaviṇṇakar (parama)svāmikaḷukku śrī
rājarājaccaruppeti maṅkalattu mahāsabhai ⟨4⟩ yoM [∥] Ipparicu
viṟṟukkuṭutta Ibhūmikku Emmilicaiñca vilaipporuḷellāṅ kaiyyiley
Aṟakkoṇṭu Ituvey vilai Olaiyum poru(ḷ)cela Olaiyumāvitākavum Ituvallatu
veṟu vilaimāvaṟutipporuḷcelaOlai kāṭṭakkaṭamaiyiṉṟi vilaikkaṟaviṟṟup
poruḷaṟakkoṇṭu viṟṟu vilai Olai ceytu niroṭu Aṭṭikkuṭuttom rājendracoḻa
viṇṇakar paramasvāmikaḷukku śrīrājarājaccaruppetimaṅkalattu
maharasabhaiyom [∥] Ipparicu viṟṟukkuṭukkappaṇiccom śrīrājarāja⟨5⟩ccerik
koṭṭaiyūrc caṅkaraṉ civatevapaṭṭac comāciyārum śrīmummaṭicoḻacceri
tiruppert tevateveca nārāyaṇaṉum śrī Arumoḻitevaccerik kirāñcci
maheśvarakiramavittaṉum śrīnittaviṉotacceri korovi kāḷitātapaṭṭac
comāciyārum śrīcoḷentraciṅkacceri karāmpiṟceṭṭu śrītarapaṭṭaṉum śrī
cuntaracoḻacceri korovi śrīmātavaccomāciyārum śrī vāṉavaṉmāteviccerik
koṭṭattut tevatevecaṉ can=tiraṉum śrī Uttamacoḻaccerik karippuṟattup
poṟkku⟨6⟩mārakkiramavittaṉum śrīcempiyaṉmāteviccerik kiraṉūr colaippirāṉ
cuppiramaṇiyapaṭṭaṉum śrī kun=tavacceri nimpai Iḷaiyanampipaṭṭaṉum śrī
pañcavaṉmāteviccerik kuṇṭurt tiruvaraṅka nārāyaṇak kiramavittaṉum śrī
Olokamātevicceri Iṭaiyāṟṟukkuṭic comaṉakkaṉum Āka Ipparicu paṇiccu
viṟṟukkuṭuttom śrīrājendracoḻaviṇṇakar paramasvāmikaḷukku śrīrāja
rājacatu(r)vvetimaṅkalattu mahāsabhaiyom Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ koṭ(ṭ)aiyūrc
caṅkaraṉ civatevapaṭṭa⟨7⟩ccomāciyeṉ Ivai Eṉ Eḻuttu Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ korovi
kāḷitātac comāciyeṉ Ivai Eṉ Eḻuttu Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ tirupper
tevatevecaṉārāyaṇaṉ Eḻuttu Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ kirāñci maheśvarak kiramavittaṉ
Eḻuttu Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ śrītaṇūrkkecavaṉ centup pirāṉ Eḻuttu Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ
kārampicceṭṭu śrītarapaṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ korovi śrī
mātavaccomāciyeṉ Eḻuttu Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ nimpai Iḷaiyaṉampipaṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu
Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ ⟨8⟩ Iruṅkaṇṭit tevatevecapaṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ
Irākippuṟattu yaññaṉ Eḻuttu

1.

ItthaM vīrasya putreṇa
śāstamaṅ¿k?⟨g⟩ala vāsinā [|]
nārāyaṇena viditaM
bhakta bhaktena śārṅgiṇaḥ [∥]

ItividitaM śolaiprāN subramaṇyena mahāsabhaiyārp paṇikka Ivvolai
Eḻutiṉeṉ Ivvūr sabhaikkaraṇattāṉ (cūṟṟi) caṅka���� camaiñccappiriyaṉeṉ
Eḻuttu |||⭘௳

## Commentary

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XI, pp. 295-97.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.144 (ARIE/1904-1905/B/1905/109) 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 74–75, item 144.