SII 14.222: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 222. (A.R. No. 17 of 1929.) ŚIVAPURI, TIRUPATTUR TALUK, RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SECOND prākāra, SVAYAMPRAKĀŚA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0222.

Summary: This record registers a gift of sheep by Īśāṉadēvī for a lamp in the temple of Tiruttāndōṉṟīśvaram-Uḍaiyār at Nṛipaśēkhara-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Kēraḷaśiṅgavaḷanāḍu on behalf of her daughter Piḷḷaiyāḷvāḷ. The regnal year of the king is 9, and though the usual historical introduction is absent, this record may be attributed to Jaṭāvarmaṉ Śrīvallabha.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (3cdd373), last modified (5fb23b0).

Edition

⟨1⟩ || (sva)sti śrī [||] tiripuvaṉaccakkaravarttikaḷ śrīvallabhateva⟨r⟩kku yā⟨2⟩ṇṭu Oṉpatāvatu keraḷaciṅkavaḻaṉāṭṭu nirupacekara catuṟpeti⟨3⟩maṅkalattu tiruttāntonṟīśvaramuṭaiyār⟨k⟩ku Ittevar Aṭiyā⟨4⟩ḷ Īcāṉatevi tanmakaḷ piḷḷai Ā⟨ḷ⟩vāḷai cātti Oru tirununtāviḷakku Ai⟨5⟩mpatāṭum viṭṭu nilaiviḷakku Aimpatiṉ palattāl nilaiviḷakku⟨6⟩m viṭṭu Eriya⟨p⟩ paṇṇi canti(ṟā)ticcavaṟ celvatāka ceyten Īcā⟨7⟩ṉateviyeṉ [|] Itu paṉmāheśvara rakṣai ||~

Commentary

Near this is the following fragmentary inscription, engraved in a separate panel: ⟨1⟩ pūvāvayal kūṟiṭṭuk kolāl nakkan ṉilam nālumāvukku Ellai Āvatu Iluppaicce⟨2⟩y mevarampu koṇṭa cevvaikku kiḻakkum ten Ellai tiruvātavūrāḷi vayakkal ten varampukoṇ⟨ṭa⟩ ce⟨3⟩vvaikku vaṭakkum Iccey melvarampu koṇṭa cevvaikku meṟkum vaṭavellai vāykkālukku te⟨4⟩ṟkum Iccuṭṭappaṭṭa perunāṉ kellaikkuḷpaṭṭa nilam kūṟiṭṭuk kolāl nālumāvum muttika-

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.222 (ARIE/1928-1929/B/1928-1929/17) 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 126, item 222.