# SII 14.197: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 197. (A.R. No. 613 of 1916.) ŚĒRMĀDĒVI,
AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
CENTRAL SHRINE, AMMAINĀTHA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0197

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0197.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record of Māṟavarmaṉ Parākrama-Chōḷapāṇḍyadēva is dated in the 4th
year and registers a gift of 12 kāśu by Yōgadēva and Sōmadēvī from
Kāśmīradēśam for burning a lamp in the temple of
Śrī-Kayilāyamuḍaiya-Mahādēva at Nigariliśōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a
brahmadēya in Muḷḷi-nāḍu.

It is of interest to notice that natives of Kāśmiradēśam sojourned in
the south, either on pilgrimage or as a result of the patronage extended
to Śaivism by Chōḷa and Pāṇḍya kings. Several natives of Kāśmīradēśam
and Āryadēśam have figured in Chōḷa and Pāṇḍya epigraphs.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] komāṟavanmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrīparākkirama
coḻapāṇṭiya(teva)ṟku yāṇṭu (4)vatu ⟨2⟩ k(ā)śmiradeśattu yogadevanum
somadeviyumāy [rācarācap pāṇṭināṭṭu Uttama coḻavaḷanāṭṭu muḷ(ḷi) ⟨3⟩
nāṭṭu brahmateya(m) nikarilicoḷaccaruppetimaṅkalattu
śrīkayilāya{muṭaiya}muṭaiyārkku tirunon=tāviḷakkukku ⟨4⟩ Idevar
śivabrāhmaṇaṉ Ampalava⟨ṉ⟩ nakkapirāṉ paṭṭaṉum [4+] (centilum) nakkaṉ
caṅka⟨5⟩ranārāyaṇaṉum Aṭikaḷ cātta pirāṉum Ampalavaṉ cittaṉum
karumāṇikkaṉ tiruvikki⟨6⟩ramaṉu mirāma ṉoṟṟiyāṉum Uḷḷiṭṭa Akanāḻikaiyār
vacam vecca kācu 10 (2) Ikkācu paṉṉira ⟨7⟩ ṇṭuṅ koṇṭu palicaikku
poliyūṭṭāka tirunon=tāviḷakku 1 cantirātittavaṟ Erippomāka kalli⟨8⟩l
veṭṭuvittuk kuṭutto mivvaṉaivom yogadevanukkum (so)(ma)(de)(vikkum) [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.197 (ARIE/1916-1917/B/1916/613) 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 197.