# SII 14.168: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 168. (A.R. No. 64 of 1905.) ĀṈAIMALAI, MADURAI
TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON THE ROCK IN THE ROCK-CUT TEMPLE OF NARASIṀHA

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0168

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0168.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription of the 21st year of the viceroy registers a gift of
sheep by a private person for a lamp in the temple of god Narasiṅgadēva
at Āṉaimalai.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] koccaṭaiya{r}paṟmmarāna Uṭaiyār śrī ⟨2⟩
cuntaracoḻapāṇṭiyatevaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 1 ⟨3⟩ ki(ḷi)raṇiya muṭṭattu mel veṇ
Iraṇṇiya⟨4⟩ṉ colai tiruvāṉaimalaiymel Eḻuntaruḷiya śrīnaraciṅkatevarkku
vaicca vi⟨5⟩ḷakkukku vacca Āḷākku ne⟨y⟩kku vaicca Āṭu 2 10 5 Ittevar
veṭṭikkuṭi nakkaṉ ceṇ⟨6⟩pakatteṉ Ivvāṭu 2 10 5 koṇṭu Ittevarkku
candrātittaval muṭṭāma laṭṭuva⟨7⟩tāṉeṉ nakkaṉ ceṇpakatteṉ [|] nāṉum Eṉ
vaṟkattārum muṭṭāma laṭṭuvatāṉ¿e?⟨o⟩⟨8⟩¿ṉ?⟨m⟩ [6+]

## Apparatus

⟨7⟩ laṭṭuvatāṉ¿e?⟨o⟩⟨8⟩¿ṉ?⟨m⟩ • The record is worn out completely after
this.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.168 (ARIE/1904-1905/B/1905/64) 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 94, item 168.