# SII 14.181: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 181. (A.R. No. 88 of 1907.) AMBĀSAMUDRAM,
AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE BASE OF A RUINED SHRINE
IN THE TIRUMŪLANĀTHA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0181

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0181.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] koccaṭ¿a?⟨ai⟩yapanmarāṉa śrīcun=tara [6+] ⟨2⟩ ṭṭu
brahmadeyam śrīrājarāja [16+] ⟨3⟩ ḷaṉ kuṟuṅkuṭi colaivaicca [15+] ⟨4⟩
vārātaṉai ceyyum vaikāṉasaṉ [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.