# SII 14.165: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 165. (A.R. No. 81 of 1907.) AMBĀSAMUDRAM,
AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
maṇḍapa IN THE TIRUMŪLANĀTHA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0165

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0165.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This is dated in the 20th year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya and
registers a gift of buffaloes by a private person for maintaining a lamp
in the temple of Mūlastha-āṉ muḍaiyār at Tiruchchālaittuṟai in
Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Muḷḷi-nāḍu.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [6+] r cuntaracoḻapāṇṭiyadevar⟨k⟩ku yāṇṭu 2 10⁓vatu Irājarājap pāṇṭi
nāṭṭu muṭikoṇṭacoḻa vaḷanāṭṭu muḷḷiñāṭṭu brahmadeyam śrīIrājarāja
caturveti maṅkalattu tiruccālaittuṟai śrīmulastāṉa muṭaiya [4+]
kkalakkuṟicci Irukkum veḷḷāḷaṉ kuṭiyan nācakaṉaic cārtti nācaṅkuṭiyāṉ
vaicca viḷakku Arai Ivviḷakku Araiyiṉukkum vaicca cāvā muvā Erumai
muṉṟuṅ koṇṭu Aṭṭuvatāṉa ney Āḻākkum In ney Āḻākkum Aṭṭuvatāṉeṉ Ivvūr
Irukkum Iṭaiyaṉ ⟨2⟩ [5+] nney Āḻākkum Aṭṭuvatāṉeṉ [|] Inney
celuttuvatarkkup puṇaip paṭṭeṉ śrī kuṟuṅkuṭidevar kuṭiniṉṟa varānāṭṭāṉeṉ
cantirātittaval [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ cantirātittaval • This word appears to have been tagged on at the
end, by mistake, its proper place being before āṭṭuvadāṉēṉ.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.165 (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/81) 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 92, item 165.