# SII 14.158: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 158. (A.R. No. 622 of 1916.) ŚĒRMĀDĒVI,
AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE
CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE AMMAINĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0158

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0158.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 17th year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ
Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya and registers a gift of fifty rams by Maṉṉaṉ Śūṟṟi
of Tirunallūr in Tirukkaḻumalanāḍu in Rājēndraśiṅgavaḷanāḍu, a district
of Śōḻamaṇḍalam for burning a perpetual lamp and a twilight lamp in the
temple of Śrīkayilāsamuḍaiyār situated on the southern bank of
Muḍigoṇḍaśōḻappērāṟu at Nigariliśōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in
Uttamaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, a division of Rājarāja-Pāṇḍināḍu.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ koccaṭaiyavaṉmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrīcuntaracoḻapāṇṭiyatevarkku yāṇṭu 10
(7)⁓Āvatu rājarājap pāṇṭināṭṭu Uttamacoḻavaḷanāṭṭu brahmateyam
nikarilicoḻaccaturvedimaṅkalattu⟨2⟩coḻapperāṟṟu teṉkaraiyil śrī
kayilāsammuṭaiya mahādevarkku coḻamaṇṭalattu rājendraciṅkavaḷanāṭṭu
tirukkaḻumala nāṭṭu tirunallūr (tiru)nallūruṭaiyāṉ maṉṉaṉ cūṟṟi
cantirātittavaṟ Eriya vaitta tirunontāviḷakkoṉṟum san=tiyādīpa
moṉṟu⟨3⟩kkum ney Uḻakkāḻākkukkuṅ kuṭutta cāvā muvāc cemmari Āṭu 5 10 [|]
Ivvāṭu Aimpatuṅkoṇṭu Ittevar veṭṭikkuṭi Iṭaiyaṉ caṭaiyaṉaṇukka
ṉaṭṭakkaṭava ney Uḻak kāḻākkukkum Ivaṉukku Iṟaippuṇai [7+] cāttaṉ [|]
Itukku vaitta tār nilaiviḷakkoṉṟu

## Commentary

The inscription is built in at the end a of the first two lines.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.158 (ARIE/1916-1917/B/1916/622) 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 85, item 158.