# SII 14.240: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 240. (A.R. No. 474 of 1916.) TEN TIRUPPUVANAM,
AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE
PUSHPAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0240

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0240.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record dated in the 17th year of the king registers a gift of sheep
by Kiḻavaṉ Appaṉ alias Śrīvallabha-Pāṇḍyakkōṉ of Koṟkai in Kuḍa-nāḍu for
burning two lamps in the temple of Teṉ-Tiruppūvaṇamuḍaiya-Mahādēva in
Muḷḷi-nāḍu, a sub-division of Pāṇḍi-nāḍu.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tirumaṭantaiyuñ ceyamaṭantaiyum tiruppuyaṅkaḷil
Iṉitiruppa Irunilamum pe(ru)mai Eyti Eṇṭicaiyuṅ kuṭai niḻaṟṟa
maṉṉavarellām ⟨2⟩ vantiṟaiñca marapilvaru maṇimuṭi cūṭit teṉkumariyum
vaṭakaṅkaiyum tiraikkaṭale Ellai Ākap pārmuḻutuṅ kayalāṇai parantu
ceṅkoluṭan vaḷara {svasti} ma⟨3⟩ṉṉiya virasiṁhāsanattu
Ulakamuḻutuṭaiyāroṭum viṟṟiruntaruḷiya māmutal matik kulam viḷakkiya
komutal koccaṭaiyapaṉmarā⟨ṉa⟩ tribhuvaṉacca⟨k⟩karavattikaḷ śrīvallabha
⟨4⟩ devaṟku yāṇṭu 10 7⁓Āvatu śrī pāṇṭināṭṭu muḷḷināṭṭut teṉ
tiruppūvaṇamuṭaiya mahādevaṟku kuṭanāṭṭuk koṟkai{kkoṟkai} Uṭaiyāṉ
kiḻavaṉ Appaṉāṉa śrīvallabhap pāṇ ⟨5⟩ ṭi⟨ya⟩k koṉ Ittevaṟku vaitta
tirunantā(viḷakku Iraṇṭu) cantirāti⟨t⟩tavaṟ celvatākat tirunantāviḷakku
1 ney Uḻakkākat tirunantāviḷak kiraṇṭukkum ney Urikkum viṭṭa cāvā muvāp
perāṭu nūṟu ∥⁓

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.240 (ARIE/1916-1917/B/1916/474) 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 147, item 240.