SII 14.182: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 182. (A.R. No. 623 of 1916.) ŚĒRMĀDĒVI, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, AMMAINĀTHA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0182.

Summary: This epigraph which is fragmentary apparently belongs to the time of Māṟavarmaṉ Vikrama-Chōḷapāṇḍya. It mentions the gift of fifty cows made by Ulaguḍaiyār, queen of the Chōḷa king, who took Gaṅgai, Kiḍāram and Pūrvadēśam, i. e., Rājēndra-Chōḷa I, whose name is lost in this inscription, for maintaining two lamps in the temple of Kailāsamuḍaiya-Mahādēva. Māṟavarmaṉ Vikrama-Chōḷapāṇḍya must have succeeded Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya. The queen Ulaguḍaiyār, wife of Rājēndra-Chōḷa, must have continued to live then. It is not clear if Rājēndra-Chōḷa was dead at the time; possibly he was.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [|] komāṟapanmarāṉa Uṭaiyār⟨2⟩vatu gaṃgaiyum kiṭāramum pūrvade⟨3⟩var nampirāṭṭiyār Ulakuṭaiyār⟨4⟩ppāṇṭināṭṭu Uttamacoḻavaḷanāṭṭu muḷḷināṭṭu bra— ⟨5⟩ caruppetimaṅkalattu śrīkayilāsamuṭaiya mahā⟨6⟩ ṉṟerivatāka vaitta tirunon=tāviḷakku Iraṇṭiṉukku— ⟨7⟩ kkum vaicca cāvā muvāp pacu Aimpatu Ip pacu Aimpatum kaikko— ⟨8⟩ drādittaval muṭṭāmal Aṭṭuvatāṉa veṭṭikkuṭi Iṭaiyaṉ cā— ⟨9⟩ k kāttūṭṭap paṭṭ(e)ṉ Ittevar veṭṭikkuṭi kāri cātta—

Commentary

The portions of lines at the right end are missing.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.182 (ARIE/1916-1917/B/1916/623) 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 100–101, item 182.