SII 14.186: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 186. (A.R. No. 406 of 1929-30.) ĀTTŪR, TIRUCHCHENDUR TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE SŌMANĀTHA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0186.

Summary: This record dated in the 22nd year of Māṟavarmaṉ Vikrama-Chōḷapāṇḍya registers a gift of paddy by a certain Mañjaṉ Śaḍaiyaṉ of Karuppūr in Marugal-nāḍu, a subdivision of Kshatriyaśikhāmaṇi-vaḷanāḍu, a district of Śōḻamaṇḍalam, for the mains tenance of a perpetual lamp in the temple of the Sōmanāthadēva at Āṟṟūr, and for the expenses of feeding some Śrīmāhēśvaras in the temple. Āṟṟūr is stated to be a hamlet of Rājādhirāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Kuḍa-nāḍu. The fragmentary inscription also engraved on the same wall belongs to this viceroy; but his regnal year is obliterated. It appears to relate to some unspecified gift made to the temple by a servant named Śūṟṟi-Tāḻi of Śāttamaṅgalam.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (90feec0), last modified (b416b42).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] komāṟavaṉmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrī vikkira⟨2⟩macoḻapāṇṭiyatevaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 2 Āvatu rājarājappā⟨3⟩ṇṭināṭṭu Uttamacoḻavaḷanāṭṭu kuṭanāṭṭu brahmateyam ⟨4⟩ rājādhirājaccaruppetimaṅkalattu Āṟṟūr śrīsomaṉāta ⟨5⟩ tevaṟku coḻamaṇṭalattu kṣatriya cikāmaṇivaḷanāṭṭu maruka⟨6⟩lṉāṭṭu karuppūr karuppūruṭaiyāṉ mañcaṉ caṭ¿a?⟨ai⟩yaṉ Ivvā⟨7⟩ṇṭu cittirai⟨t⟩tiṅkaḷ Eḻānniyatimutal cantirātittaval Ira⟨8⟩vum pakalu muṭṭāma lerippatāka vai⟨t⟩ta tirunun=tāviḷakku Oṉ⟨9⟩ṟu Oṉṟiṉukku nittam paṇṭāra Uḻakkāle Uḻakku neyyāka Inne⟨10⟩(y)kku mutalāka vaitta (poli)Ūṭṭu Ittevar marakkālāl comaṉātaṉā⟨11⟩l vaitta nel Eḻupatteṇkalam Ikkoyil can=tirātittavala ⟨12⟩ [1 lost line] ⟨13⟩ [16+] yyum kaṇa [9+] ⟨14⟩ [4+] tamāṉār Aṭṭu Ūṭṭuvatāka meṟpaṭikkālā [8+] ⟨15⟩ l toṇṇūṟṟoṉpatiṉ kalamum Āka nelnū [8+] ⟨16⟩ ṇṭu nitta muṭṭāmal can=tirātittaval tirununtāviḷa [4+] ⟨17⟩ m śrī māyeśvara⟨r⟩kku Ekāte muṭṭuvatākavum It [6+] ⟨18⟩ śivabrāhmaṇan nārāyaṇaṉ piccaṉum pārkkaraṉā [6+] ⟨19⟩ taṉum comaṉ kaṇṭiya muḷḷiṭṭu tiruppaṇi [6+] ⟨20⟩ paricu vaitta karuppūruṭaiyāṉ mañcaṉ caṭ¿a?⟨ai⟩yaṉu [8+] ⟨21⟩ cantirātittavaṟ celuttavatāṉom Ivvakanāḻi [4+] ⟨22⟩ tu Eṟṟil Eṟṟiṉapaṭi ceyyakkaṭavitṉṟākavum [|] ⟨23⟩ [4+]

Commentary

A fragment on the same wall reads: ⟨1⟩ śrī komāṟavarmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrī vikkiramacoḻapāṇṭiya tevaṟku [6+] ⟨2⟩ paṇimakaṉ cāttamaṅkala muṭaiyāṉ cūṟṟi tāḻi rājarājappāṇṭināṭṭu (Uttama coḻava)⟨3⟩ḷanāṭṭu kuṭnāṭṭu brahmateyam rājādhirājac caru⟨p⟩petimaṅkalattu śrīsomaṉātatevar [4+]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.186 (ARIE/1929-1930/B/1929-1930/406) 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 102–103, item 186.