SII 14.230: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 230. (A.R. No. 423 of 1929-30.) ĀTTŪR, TIRUCHCHENDUR TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE antarāḷa OF THE SŌMANĀTHA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0230.

Summary: Dated in the 1[1]th year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Śrīvallabha this record registers a gift of sheep and a lamp-stand by a brāhmaṇa lady named Āṇḍamaichchāṉi, the wife of a certain Sāraṅgapāṇi-Tirunīlakaṇṭhaṉ of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Muḷḷi-nāḍu, a subdivision of Pāṇḍi-nāḍu. The same lady also made a gift of money for feeding itinerant pilgrims who came to the village (apūrvigaḷāy vandār). The lamp-stand is stated to have been cast with a figure of a woman holding a lamp.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (1624459), last modified (cfdc919).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [|] tirumaṭantaiyum jayaṭantaiyu(m) tiruppuyaṅkaḷi liṉitiruppa Iru⟨2⟩nilamum perumai Eyta yeṇṭicaiyum kuṭai niḻaṟṟa maṉṉavarellām vanti⟨3⟩ṟaiñca (ma)ra(pi)le varu(maṇi) muṭicūṭit teṉkumariyum vaṭakaṅkaiyam (ti)raika ⟨4⟩ ṭale Ellaiyākap pārmuḻutuṅ kayalāṇai parantu ceṅkoluṭaṉvaḷara ⟨5⟩ maṉṉiya viraciṅkātaṉattu Ulakamuḻutuṭaiyāroṭum viṟṟiruntaruḷiya māmutal ⟨6⟩ mati⟨k⟩kula⟨m⟩ viḷakkiya komutal koccaṭaiyapanmarākiya tiripuvaṉa⟨c⟩cakkarava⟨7⟩ttikaḷ śrīvallavatevaṟku yāṇṭu 10 (1) śrīpāṇṭināṭṭuk kuṭanāṭṭu Āṟṟūr ⟨8⟩ centamaṅkalattu śrīcomatai tevaṟkku nittam nivantam tirununtāviḷakku ⟨9⟩ celvatā⟨ka⟩ Iṉṉāṭṭu muḷḷināṭṭu śrībrahmatecam taṉiyūr śrīrājarājac caturveti maṅkala⟨10⟩ttu śrīmummuṭicoḻacceri yiraṇṭāñceri kuṟukkai cāraṅ⟨ka⟩pāṇi ti(runi)la ⟨11⟩ kaṇṭaṉ brāhmaṇi Āṇṭamaiccāṉi vaitta tirununtāviḷakkoṉṟum tarā Iṭai ⟨12⟩ nāṟpatāl taṉiccamākavum taṉṉai Aṇaiñcu niṟka vā⟨r⟩tta ciṟunilaiviḷakkum Itu ⟨13⟩ Erikaikku vaitta Āṭu Aimpatum Ittevar koyilile ko⟨ṇ⟩ṭuvara Ittevarkaṉ⟨14⟩mikaḷum śrīmāyeśvara⟨k⟩kaṅkāṇi ce⟨y⟩vārkaḷum Ittevar veṭṭikkuṭi Iṭaiyarila ⟨15⟩ pattaṉ coṟaṉ coṟaṉ nampāṉāṉa virapattara⟨ppicca⟩ṉai Aḻaittu Inta Āṭu Aimpatu⟨16⟩m kaikkoḷḷeṉṟu kāṭṭikkuṭukka nāṉ coṟaṉ nampānāṉa virapattira⟨p⟩piccaṉ⟨17⟩ṉeṉ Ivvāṭu Aimpatum Ivvāṇṭu mutal cāvāmuvāp perāṭāka kai⟨18⟩koṇṭu Eṉmakkaḷ makkaḷ Aṉṉuvayamuḷḷataṉaiyum nittam Uḻakku ney Ik⟨19⟩koyilil civabrāhmaṇaril muṟaiceyvāṉ vacam śantirātittavaṟ celuttuvārā⟨20⟩ka kallil veṭṭikkoḷka veṉṟu sammati⟨t⟩tuk kuṭutteṉ coṟaṉ nampānāṉa ⟨21⟩ virapattirappiccaṉeṉ [||] Ikkoyilil tevakaṉmikaḷukkum śrīmāyeśvarakkaṅkā⟨22⟩ṇi ceyvārkaḷukkum Ittirununtā viḷakku vai(tta) tirunilakaṇṭaṉ brāhmaṇi Ā⟨23⟩ṇṭamaiccāṉi Apūrvikaḷāy vantār Uṇṭu taṉakku tākaṅkeṭa vaitta ca⟨24⟩ṭṭi Aipvuḻakkāka pālcoṟum Itu¿ṅ?⟨kku⟩ takka kaṟiyum cantirātittavaṟ celvatākap ⟨25⟩ poliyūṭṭu Ikkoyilil toṇ(ṇū)ṟuvaṭṭa muṟaiceytu kāṇiyāṉa ⟨26⟩ civabrāhmaṇarkku samaintu Aṭaivu mutalikaḷ bhāradvācaṉ pārkkaraṉ tevaka⟨27⟩nāṉa nittakalyāṇapaṭṭaṉum bhāradvācaṉ pārkkaraṉ cūriyatevannāṉa ⟨28⟩ virapattirapaṭṭaṉum bhāradvācaṉ civatevaṉ comaṉum kāṭaṉ ciṅkaṉ Irupat⟨29⟩taivaṉum Uḷḷiṭṭa civabrāhmaṇarom kaikkoṇṭa kācu Eṭṭekālu⟨30⟩m vaitta viḷakku tirikku kā Araiyum nāṅkaḷ toṇ(ṇū)ṟu vaṭṭamuṟai kai⟨31⟩kkoṇṭu nittalum mattiyāṉa sanatimuṟai ceyvārkaḷey Ivaḷ ⟨32⟩ vaitta veṇkalam Eḻu [1+] lkaḷil cipā⟨ta⟩ṅ koṇṭā [3+] ppuṟam I⟨33⟩vaḷuka

Commentary

(33) vaḷuka. The record stops after this.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.230 (ARIE/1929-1930/B/1929-1930/423) 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 133–134, item 230.