# SII 14.196: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 193. (A.R. No. 329 of 1916.) TIRUVĀLĪŚVARAM,
AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE
CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VĀLĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0196

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0196.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record belongs to Māṟavarmāṉ Parākrama-Chōḷapāṇḍyadēva and is dated
in the 3rd regnal year. As he bears the title Māṟavarmaṉ, there must
have been a viceroy with the title Jaṭāvarmaṉ between him and Māṟavarmaṉ
Vikrama-Chōḷapāṇḍya. This Parākrama must have been the last Chōḷapāṇḍya
viceroy, and with him this administrative device of appointing viceroys
to this outlying province was apparently given up.

This record registers a gift of sheep by a certain Rāmaṉ-Kēṇi alias
Naḍuvirukkai Danmaśeṭṭi for a lamp in the temple of
Tiruvāliśvaram-uḍaiyār. The man with whom the sheep were left, namely,
Nāśakaṉ Kūvāṇai also figures in No. 170 above.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī komāṟavarmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrī ⟨2⟩ parākkirama coḻapāṇṭiya tevaṟku
⟨3⟩ yāṇṭu 3⁓Āvatu tiruvāliccuram Uṭai⟨4⟩yārkku Irāmaṉ keṇiyāṉa
naṭuviru⟨5⟩kkai tanma ceṭṭi vaicca tiruviḷakku ⟨6⟩ Arai neyyāḻākku Āṭu
Irupattai⟨7⟩ntu Ivai kaikkoṇṭu Inney ⟨8⟩ cantirātittavaṟ Aṭṭakkaṭavāṉa
nāca ⟨9⟩ kaṉ kūvāṇai [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.196 (ARIE/1916-1917/B/1916/329) 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 112, item 196.