# SII 14.189: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 189. (A.R. No. 627 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_INSSIIv14p1i0189

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0189.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] komāṟapanmarāṉa Uṭaiyār (śrī) (vikkirama)⟨2⟩coḻa
pāṇṭiyatevaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 5⁓Āvatu rā⟨3⟩jarāja⟨p⟩pāṇṭināṭṭu Uttamacoḻa
vaḷanāṭṭu mu⟨4⟩ḷḷi nāṭṭu brahmadeyam
nikarilicoḻa⟨c⟩caruppetima⟨5⟩ṅkalattu śrī kayilāsamuṭaiya mahātevaṟku
ta(ṇṭa)⟨6⟩nāyakam parākkirama nārāyaṇa brahmaśrīrājaṉ ⌈⟨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.