# SII 14.217: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 217. (A.R. No. 38 of 1909.) KUṈṈAKKUḌI,
TIRUPPATTUR TALUK, RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH PILLAR IN THE
ROCK-CUT CAVE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0217

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0217.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record dated in the [8]th year of the king registers a gift of 1 mā
of land by Ghaṭṭi-araśaṉ of Tirukkuṉṟakkuḍi in Tēṉāṟṟuppōkku for a
flower garden to the god Tēṉāṟṟu-Nāyakar and another piece of land to
god Piḷḷaiyār, presumably in the same temple.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tiruma⟨2⟩ṭantaiyum ⟨jayamaṭa⟩n=t¿a?⟨ai⟩⟨3⟩yum
tiruppuyaṅka⟨4⟩ḷi liṉitiruppa peru⟨5⟩maiyeyti Eṇ⟨6⟩ṭicaiyuṅ
kuṭai⟨7⟩niḻaṟṟa maṉṉavarka⟨8⟩ḷ vantiṟaiñca varu⟨9⟩maravil maṇimuṭi
cū⟨10⟩ṭit teṉkumariyu⟨11⟩m vaṭakeṅkai⟨12⟩yum tiraikkaṭale ⟨13⟩
Ellaiyāka⟨14⟩p pārmuḻutum ⟨15⟩ kayalāṇai paran⟨16⟩tu ceṅkoluṭaṉ vaḷara
virasiṁhāsana⟨17⟩ttu Ulacamuḻutuṭaiyāḷoṭum viṟṟiru⟨18⟩ntaruḷiya māmutal
matikkulam viḷakkiya ko⟨19⟩mutaṟ koccaṭaiyappaṉmarāna
tribhuvanac⟨20⟩cakkaravattikaḷ śrīvallavadevaṟku yāṇṭu⟨21⟩(8)⁓Āvatu
teṉāṟṟuppokkut tirukkuṉṟa⟨22⟩kkuṭik kaṭṭi Aracaṉeṉ teṉāṟṟu nāyakaṟku
⟨23⟩ tirunantavanam Aviccuṉaik kiḻkaraiyum ⌈⟨24⟩teṉkaraiyum ceykaikku
viṭṭa nilam tirukku⟨25⟩ṉṟakkuṭikkuḷat tuḷavāyp putukkuḷattil
puṟa⟨26⟩karaiyilum meṟkkaṇṇamaṅkalattil va⟨27⟩ṭavayalil taṭi Iraṇṭum Āka
nilam Orumāvu⟨28⟩m (piḷḷai)yārkku māṟaṉ cātta ṉila [4+] ⟨29⟩ ṭikkāṭṭile
kāṇicceyum kuṭutteṉ kaṭṭi⟨30⟩Aracaṉeṉ [∥]

## Commentary

⟨4⟩ liṉitiruppa. One line is omitted here by the engraver.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.217 (ARIE/1908-1909/C/1909/38) 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). Pages 123–124, item 217.