SII 14.189: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 189. (A.R. No. 627 of 1916.) ŚĒRMĀDĒVI, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, AMMAINĀTHA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0189.

Summary: This record which is dated in the 25th year of Maṟāvārmāṉ Vikrama-Chōḷapāṇḍya registers a gift of 25 cows made by Parākrama-nārāyaṇa-Brahmaśrīrājaṉ for a lamp in the temple of Kayilāsamuḍaiya-Mahādēva at Nigariliśōḷa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam. This Parākrama-nārāyaṇa, apparently a brāhmaṇa, is described as daṇḍanāyakam, i.e., a captain of a regiment of the Chōḷa army which must have been posted in this locality. Pārakrama-Nārāyaṇa may have been a biruda of the viceroy himself, from which perhaps the captain had copied his own surname.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] komāṟapanmarāṉa Uṭaiyār (śrī) (vikkirama)⟨2⟩coḻa pāṇṭiyatevaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 5~Āvatu rā⟨3⟩jaja⟨p⟩pāṇṭināṭṭu Uttamacoḻa vaḷanāṭṭu mu⟨4⟩ḷḷi nāṭṭu brahmadeyam nikarilicoḻa⟨c⟩caruppetima⟨5⟩ṅkalattu śrī kayilāsamuṭaiya mahātevaṟku ta(ṇṭa)⟨6⟩nāyakam parākkirama nārāyaṇa brahmaśrījaṉ ⌈⟨7⟩vaicca tirunon=tāviḷakku 1 I⟨v⟩viḷakkoṉṟukkum vai⟨8⟩cca cāvā muvāp pacu 2 10 5 Ippacu Irupattaiñ⟨9⟩cuṅkaikkoṇṭu ney Uḻakkum can=tirā⟨10⟩(tit)taval muṭṭāmala [2+] kaṭava(I)te ⟨11⟩ [2+] veṭṭikkuṭi Iṭaiyaṉ cūlāmaṇa⟨12⟩(pu)liyaṉ Ivaṉuk kiṟaippuṇaikkācu⟨13⟩Aṭṭu (vi)ṭṭeṉ Ittevar veṭṭikkuṭi kā⟨14⟩ricāttaṉeṉ [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.189 (ARIE/1916-1917/B/1916/627) 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 104, item 189.