# SII 14.182: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 182. (A.R. No. 623 of 1916.) ŚĒRMĀDĒVI,
AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE
CENTRAL SHRINE, AMMAINĀTHA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0182

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0182.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [|] komāṟapanmarāṉa Uṭaiyār⟨2⟩vatu gaṁgaiyum 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.