# SII 14.187: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 187. (A.R. No. 328 of 1916.) TIRUVĀLĪŚVARAM,
AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE
CENTRAL SHRINE, VĀLĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0187

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0187.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription dated in the 25th year of Māṟavarmaṉ
Vikrama-Chōḷapāṇḍyadēva registers a gift of 13 cows by a certain
individual, whose name is obliterated, for maintaining half a lamp,
apparently in this temple.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī komāṟapaṉmarāṉa Uṭaiyā⟨2⟩r śrīvikkirama coḻapāṇṭiya
deva(r)⟨3⟩kku yāṇṭu 2 10 5⁓Āvatu A [3+] ra(ca) ⟨4⟩ ṉ vaicca viḷakku Arai
(ney) [8+] ⟨5⟩ pacup patumuṉṟu Ivai (kaiko)⟨6⟩ṇṭu cantirātitta⟨va⟩l
(Aṭṭakkaṭava) ⟨∥⟩⟨7⟩ṉ nācakaṉ kūḷvā(ṇai) [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.187 (ARIE/1916-1917/B/1916/328) 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 103, item 187.