# SII 14.186: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: 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

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0186

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0186.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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.

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## 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.