# SII 14.177: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 177. (A.R. No. 114 of 1905.) MAṈṈĀRKŌYIL,
AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE
GŌPĀLASVĀMIN TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0177

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0177.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record, which was incised in the reign of Jaṭāvarmaṉ
Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya, whose regnal year is, however, lost in a portion
which is now missing, gives a catalogue of several persons who had
received gifts of buffaloes and cows from the Chēra king
Rāśiṅgadēvar-Bhaṇḍāram (i. e., Rājasiṁha), in return for which they had
to supply specified quantities of ghee to the temple for burning
therewith perpetual lamps.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ � ||| svasti śrī [∥] koccaṭaiyapaṉmarāṉa śrīcuntaracoḷapāṇḍyadevaṟku
[2+] ⟨2⟩ Āka ney Uḻakkum Irāma ṉaraṅkaṉ ceramāṉār Irāciṅkatevar paṇṭāra
[4+] ⟨3⟩ ṉār Irāciṅkatevar paṇṭārattu pacu Irupattaiñcu koṇṭu kaṭava ney
Uḻakkum Iv [3+] ⟨4⟩ peṟṟāṉ paṭāraṉ ceramāṉār Irāciṅkatevar paṇṭārattu
Erumai muṉṟu koṇṭu kaṭava ne [3+] ⟨5⟩ Āḻākkum Ivvūr paṭākai vaḻutiyūr
Irukkum veḷḷāḷaṉ mālacūṟṟivaicca Erumai mu [4+] ⟨6⟩ ṭu kaṭava ney
Āḻākkey Iru ceviṭarai caṭaiyaṉ cūṟṟi ceramāṉār (Irā) [8+] ⟨7⟩ ṭārattu
Erumai Iraṇṭu pacu nāluṅ koṇṭu kaṭava ney [5+] ⟨8⟩ Aṭṭakkaṭava ney
Āḻākku Ivaṉukkup puṇai malai kuruntaṉ ma [3+] ⟨9⟩ muṉṟu koṇṭu kaṭava ney
Āḻākkum (Ā)ccalam pāṇṭaṉ I [6+]

## Commentary

The left ends of lines are built in by the steps.

⟨2⟩ The continuity of line 2 is doubtful but it is engraved under line
1.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.177 (ARIE/1904-1905/B/1905/114) 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 98–99, item 177.