SII 14.235: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 235. (A.R. No. 52 of 1929.) ŚIVAPURI, TIRUPPATTUR TALUK, RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SECOND prākāra IN THE SVAYAM RAKĀŚA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0235.

Summary: This inscription dated in the 15th year of reign of Śrīvallabha registers a gift of land made by Araśu Madaḷaikkūttaṉ alias Śivakaruṇālayaṉ, a merchant of the Maṇigrāmam guild of Koḍumbālūr for providing piṭṭu offering to the god Tiruttandōṉṟīśvaram-uḍaiyār. The Maṇigrāmam guild of Koḍumbāḷūr is mentioned in an earlier record of the time of the Chōḷa king Parakēsarivarman from Salem. Aruviyūr, a village near Sivapuri was a trading centre and was called Dēśi-uyyavanda-paṭṭaṇam. Merchants from different localities must have colonised this settlement.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (3cdd373), last modified (6e5a8bd).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] tirumaṭantaiyum jeyamaṭantaiyum tiruppu(yaṅki)ḷi liṉitiruppa Irunilamu⟨2⟩m perumai yeyta Eṇṭicaiyuṅ kuṭai niḻaṟṟa maṉṉavar Ellām vantiṟaiñca marapil ⟨3⟩ varu maṇi muṭi cūṭit teṉkumariyum vaṭakaṅkaiyun tiraikkaṭale Ellaiyākap pārmuḻutuṅ kayalāṇai ⟨4⟩ parantu ceṅkoluṭan vaḷara maṉṉiya virasiṅṅāsaṉattu Ulakamuḻutuṭaiyāḷoṭum viṟṟiru⟨5⟩ntaruḷiya māmutal matikkulam viḷakkiya komutaṟ koccaṭaiyapanmarāṉa tribhuvaṉac cakkaravatti⟨6⟩kaḷ śrīvallavatevaṟku yāṇṭu 10 5~Āvatu keraḷaciṅka vaḷanāṭṭu bramadeyam nirupacekaracaruppe⟨7⟩timaṅkalattut tiruttāntoṉṟi mahātevaṟku nitta nivantañ cantirātittavaṟ piṭṭamutu ceyta⟨8⟩ruḷukaikku koṭumpāḷūr maṇikkirāmattu viyāpāri Aracu mataḷaik kūttaṉāṉa civakaruṇālayan nilam ko⟨9⟩ṇṭuviṭṭa paricāvatu [|] Ivvūr mastiyastaṉ cūṟṟi vaṭukanātanāṉa tirucciṟṟampala muventa veḷānen muṭi⟨10⟩koṇṭa coḻap pererik kiḻ perumaṭṭiyūr teṉpilāṟṟu coḻa pāṇṭiyavatikku kiḻakku nālāṅkaṇ⟨11⟩ṇāṟṟu Irācentira coḻa vāykkālukku teṟku nālāñcaturattu vāsutevan pakkalum cakkarapāṇi⟨12⟩Ātittan pakkalum pirāntakaṉ cuntarat toḷuṭaiyān Uḷḷiṭṭār pakkalum nāṉ vilaiko⟨13⟩ṇṭu Uṭaiyanā yanupavittu varukiṟa teṟkaṭaiya Iraṇṭumā Ariyāḷ vayakkala Aḷavukol Aruḷ⟨14⟩nitiyāl Orumā Araikkāṇiyum Itan teṉtalai mutunilamum kiḻellai coti māṇikkattin nermeṟku⟨15⟩n teṉ Ellai Āṟṟukku vaṭakkum mel Ellai cantiracekara vayakkal ner kiḻakkum vaṭavellai māvo⟨16⟩ṭu Iraṭṭaikku teṟkum Ivvellaikku Uṭpaṭṭa nilamuṟṟum caṇṭeyacuvaratevaṟku Emmili caiñca vilai⟨17⟩pporuḷukku vilaikkaṟa viṟṟu vilaiyāvaṇak kaḷatte vilaipporuḷ Ellām Araicu mataṉaik kūttanāṉa ci⟨18⟩vakaruṇāla⟨ya⟩r pakkal � Iṭuvicca koṇṭu Āti taṇṭecuvaraṟku vilaip piramāṇam paṇṇi kuṭut⟨19⟩ten cūṟṟi vaṭukanātanāṉa tirucciṟṟampala muventa veḷāneṉ [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.235 (ARIE/1928-1929/B/1928-1929/52) 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 140, item 235.