# SII 14.154: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 154. (A.R. No. 111 of 1905.) MAṈṈĀRKŌYIL,
AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
GŌPĀLASVĀMIN TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0154

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0154.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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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## Edition

⟨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 [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.154 (ARIE/1904-1905/B/1905/111) 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 81–82, item 154.