SII 14.181: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 181. (A.R. No. 88 of 1907.) AMBĀSAMUDRAM, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE BASE OF A RUINED SHRINE IN THE TIRUMŪLANĀTHA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0181.

Summary: This epigraph is built in at its left end, and the portion that is visible registers some endowment made by a veḷḷāḷa named Kuṟuṅguḍi-Śōlai, which was left in charge of a vaikhānasaṉ doing worship in the temple. This shrine contains an image of Vishṇu which was called Tiruchchālaittuṟai-niṉṟaruḷiṉa-Emberumāṉ in No. 81, above in the time of the Pāṇḍya king Vīra Pāṇḍya and as Karumāṇikkadēvar in No. 180 above in the time of this Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya viceroy.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: (3cdd373), last modified (b416b42).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] koccaṭ¿a?⟨ai⟩yapanmarāṉa śrīcun=tara [6+] ⟨2⟩ ṭṭu brahmadeyam śrījaja [16+] ⟨3⟩ ḷaṉ kuṟuṅkuṭi colaivaicca [15+] ⟨4⟩ vārātaṉai ceyyum vaikāṉasa[12+]

Commentary

The inscription is built in at the ends of lines.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.181 (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/88) 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 100, item 181.