SII 14.154: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 154. (A.R. No. 111 of 1905.) MAṈṈĀRKŌYIL, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE GŌPĀLASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0154.

Summary: This inscription is dated in the 16th year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya and states that the Chēra king (Śēramāṉār) Rājarājadēvar was present at the western gōpura of the temple of Rājēndraśōḻa-viṇṇagar-Paramasvāmigaḷ while issuing the order making the ten vēli of land in Māṉābharaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a tax-free village belonging to the temple, as kuḍinīṅgā-dēvadāna to six persons, who in return had to measure as vāḍākkaḍaṉ 2600 kalam of paddy per year. The measure called aṉavaratadāṉaṉ is mentioned.

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Language: Tamil.

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

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] koccaṭaiyavanmarāṉa śrī cuntaracoḻapāṇṭiyadevarkku yāṇṭu patiṉ Āṟāvatu rājarājappāṇṭi nāṭṭu muṭikoṇṭacoḻavaḷanāṭṭu muḷḷi nāṭṭu brahma(de) [9+] rājentracoḻa viṇṇakarp paramasvāmikaḷ tevatāṉamāṉa Innāṭṭu māṉāparaṇaccaruppeti maṅkalam kāṇikkaṭaṉāka kalmel veṭṭiṉa nellu muvāyiratteṇṇūṟṟu nāṟpatiṉkalane Iru tūṇi Eḻu nāḻiyum kaṭamaikoḷḷak kaṭaṉ paṟṟāmaiyil ceramāṉār rājarāja devar Idevar koyilil vācalk kopurattu melainilai Eḻuntaruḷiyiruntu Imāṉāparaṇa(ccarup)⟨2⟩petimaṅkalam paḻamapaṭi patiṟṟu veliyum Uḷppaṭak kuṭi niṅkāk kārāṇmaiyāka vāṭākkaṭaṉ Ittevar marakkāl Aṉavarattāṉaṉāl nellu Iraṇṭāyirattaṟu nūṟṟuk kalam Idevar pa [4+] śrīcerakulacuntaraṉukku nilaṉ Iraṇṭu veliyum mātavaṉ cayapālaṉ nilam Iraṇṭu veliyum Ilakkuvaṇaṉ Uttama pāṇṭiyaṉāṉa pū(cak)karakecari muventaveḷāṉukku nilaṉ Iraṇṭu veliyum veḷāṉ vīracoḻaṉāṉa ma�kularāmamuventaveḷāṉukku nilaṉ Iraṇṭu veliyum cempoṉāṭavalāṉukku nilaṉ veliyum kuruntaṉkārikku nilaṉ veliyum Āka Aṟuvarkku nilam pati(ṟṟu ve)⟨3⟩liyum Ivvūr Ūrnattamum Ivvūrkkup paṭum nilam vaḷaiyiṟ cuṟṟu muṟṟum meṉokkiya maramum kiṇokkiya kiṇaṟum Uṇṇilam Oḻiviṉṟiye Aṉupavikkap peṟuvārkaḷāka [8+] Innilam Oṟṟi [8+] kumāka kumarakkaccāṇamum Aḻakeritu Uḷḷiṭṭa kuṭimai Ippeṟppaṭṭatuvum koḷḷappi⟨ṟā⟩tāka vāṭākkaṭaṉ yāṇṭu patiṉāṟāvatu mutal Āṭṭāṇṭu toṟum Iraṇṭā yirattaṟunūṟṟukkala nel Aṭṭuvārkaḷākavum [|] Ipparicu Innilam viṟṟum Oṟṟi vaiccum koḷḷappeṟuvārkaḷākavum [|] Ipparicu kuṭi niṅkāk kārāṇmaiyāka kalmel veṭṭuviccuk kuṭukkaveṉṟu Atikārikaḷ villavaṉ muventa veḷārkku Aruḷicceyya Atikārikaḷ (villa) vaṉ ⟨4⟩ muventaveḷār coṟpaṭi tirukkoyil nampu tiruvaṉantapura dāsaṉum tiruma [8+] ṉum śrīkāriyam pūcakkarakecari muventa veḷāṉum [12+] kalmel veṭṭiyatu [||]

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] koccaṭaiyavanmarāṉa śrī cuntaracoḻapāṇṭiyadevarkku yāṇṭu patiṉ Āṟāvatu rājarājappāṇṭi nāṭṭu muṭikoṇṭacoḻavaḷanāṭṭu muḷḷi nāṭṭu brahma(de) [*********] rājentracoḻa viṇṇakarp paramasvāmikaḷ tevatāṉamāṉa Innāṭṭu māṉāparaṇaccaruppeti maṅkalam kāṇikkaṭaṉāka kalmel veṭṭiṉa nellu muvāyiratteṇṇūṟṟu nāṟpatiṉkalane Iru tūṇi Eḻu nāḻiyum kaṭamaikoḷḷak kaṭaṉ paṟṟāmaiyil ceramāṉār rājarāja devar Idevar koyilil vācalk kopurattu melainilai Eḻuntaruḷiyiruntu Imāṉāparaṇa(ccarup)-
⟨2⟩ petimaṅkalam paḻamapaṭi patiṟṟu veliyum Uḷppaṭak kuṭi niṅkāk kārāṇmaiyāka vāṭākkaṭaṉ Ittevar marakkāl Aṉavarattāṉaṉāl nellu Iraṇṭāyirattaṟu nūṟṟuk kalam Idevar pa [****] śrīcerakulacuntaraṉukku nilaṉ Iraṇṭu veliyum mātavaṉ cayapālaṉ nilam Iraṇṭu veliyum Ilakkuvaṇaṉ Uttama pāṇṭiyaṉāṉa pū(cak)karakecari muventaveḷāṉukku nilaṉ Iraṇṭu veliyum veḷāṉ vīracoḻaṉāṉa ma�kularāmamuventaveḷāṉukku nilaṉ Iraṇṭu veliyum cempoṉāṭavalāṉukku nilaṉ veliyum kuruntaṉkārikku nilaṉ veliyum Āka Aṟuvarkku nilam pati(ṟṟu ve)-
⟨3⟩ liyum Ivvūr Ūrnattamum Ivvūrkkup paṭum nilam vaḷaiyiṟ cuṟṟu muṟṟum meṉokkiya maramum kiṇokkiya kiṇaṟum Uṇṇilam Oḻiviṉṟiye Aṉupavikkap peṟuvārkaḷāka [********] Innilam Oṟṟi [********] kumāka kumarakkaccāṇamum Aḻakeritu Uḷḷiṭṭa kuṭimai Ippeṟppaṭṭatuvum koḷḷappi⟨ṟā⟩tāka vāṭākkaṭaṉ yāṇṭu patiṉāṟāvatu mutal Āṭṭāṇṭu toṟum Iraṇṭā yirattaṟunūṟṟukkala nel Aṭṭuvārkaḷākavum [|] Ipparicu Innilam viṟṟum Oṟṟi vaiccum koḷḷappeṟuvārkaḷākavum [|] Ipparicu kuṭi niṅkāk kārāṇmaiyāka kalmel veṭṭuviccuk kuṭukkaveṉṟu Atikārikaḷ villavaṉ muventa veḷārkku Aruḷicceyya Atikārikaḷ (villa) vaṉ 
⟨4⟩ muventaveḷār coṟpaṭi tirukkoyil nampu tiruvaṉantapura dāsaṉum tiruma [********] ṉum śrīkāriyam pūcakkarakecari muventa veḷāṉum [************] kalmel veṭṭiyatu [||]  

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Digital edition of SII 14.154 (ARIE/1904-1905/B/1905/111) by Ramanatha Ayyar 1962 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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[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 81–82, item 154.

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