# SII 14.173: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 173. (A.R. No. 4 of 1931-32.) ALAGARKŌYIL, MELUR
TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE SUNDARA-PĀṆḌYAN-maṇḍaapa IN
THE TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0173

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0173.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record is dated in the [22]nd year of a certain Jaṭāvarmaṉ
Śrī-Chōḷapāṇḍya and registers some gift, the details of which are lost,
by a certain brāhmana lady of Śōḻapāṇḍya-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a
brahmadēya in Karunilakkuḍi-nāḍu, for maintaining a nilai-viḷakku in the
temple of god Tirumāliruñjōlai-niṉṟaruḷiya-Paramasvāmin in
Kīliraṇiyamuttam in Rājēndraśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, a division of
Rājarāja-Pāṇḍināḍu. He may perhaps be identified with Jatāvarmaṉ
Sundara-Chōḻapāṇḍya for whom records of the 22nd year are known.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] koccaṭaiya⟨2⟩paṉamarāṉa [5+] śrī
co⟨3⟩ḻapāṇṭiyateva⟨4⟩ṟku yāṇṭu (2 10 2) Āva⟨5⟩tu rājarājappāṇṭi⟨6⟩nāṭṭu
rājendracoḻa⟨7⟩vaḷanāṭṭuk kiḻiraṇi⟨8⟩yamuṭṭattut tirumā⟨9⟩liruñcolai
niṉṟa⟨10⟩ruḷiya paramasvāmikaḷu⟨11⟩kku karunilakkuṭi nāṭ⟨12⟩ṭu
brahmadeyam co⟨13⟩ḻapāṇṭiyac caruppe⟨14⟩timaṅkalattu kā⟨15⟩śyapaṉ
nārāyaṇaṉ ⟨16⟩ Araiciṉ brāhmaṇi ⟨17⟩ colai centa pirā⟨18⟩ṭṭi Iṭṭa
nilaiviḷa⟨19⟩kku Oṉṟu Itu

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [5+] śrī co⟨3⟩ḻapāṇṭiyateva⟨4⟩ṟku • The name has been read in the
ṟeport as ciyaṉ coḻapāṇṭiyateva [6+]. ciyaṉ can also be read tentatively
as (Uṭaiyār).

## Commentary

⟨19⟩ Itu. The rest of the inscription is probably continued on another
face of the pillar which is against the wall and hidden from view.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.173 (ARIE/1931-1932/B/1931-1932/4) 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 96–97, item 173.