# SII 14.242: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 242. (A.R. No. 37 of 1929.) ŚIVAPURI, TIRUPPATTUR
TALUK, RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SECOND prākāra
IN THE SVAYAMPRAKĀŚA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0242

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0242.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription dated in the 18th year of the king relates to the gift
of one mā of land in Aruviyūr as measured by kuḍitāṅgi by Arumuṉaigaṇḍar
which was purchased from the officials of Dēvar Duvarāpatīvēḷār, for the
expenses of the temple of god Piḷḷaiyār Dēśināyaka at Aruviyūr alias
Dēśi-Uyyavandapaṭṭaṇam in Kēraḻaśiṅga-vaḷanāḍu. It is not known why this
record was engraved in this temple.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tiripuvaṉaccakkaravat(tikaḷ) śrīvallavadevaṟku yāṇṭu
10 8 patineṭṭāvatu pāṇṭimaṇṭalattuk keraḷaciṅkavaḷanāṭṭu Aru⟨2⟩viyūrāṉa
teci Uyyavanta pa(ṭṭa)ṇattup piḷḷaiyār tecināyakaṟku devar tuvarāpati
veḷār kanmikaḷ pakkal Arumuṉaikaṇṭar koṇ⟨3⟩ṭu kuṭutta nilamāvatu [|]
Aruviyūr vayalil vaṭakkil maṭaikku vāykkālukku vaṭakku caṅkāṇṭi
vayakkalum Itaṉ kīḻai Aiyyanampi vayakka⟨4⟩lum Itaṟkellai kīḻellai
tonṟivayakkalukku meṟkum vaṭavellai vayakkalukku teṟkum melellai
karaikkuk kiḻakkum vāy⟨5⟩kkālukku vaṭakkum Innānkellaiykkuḷpaṭṭa nilaṅ
kuṭitāṅkiyāl Orumāvum tirumaṭaip paḷḷippuṟamākac cantirāticca⟨6⟩vaṟ
celvutāka tecināyakaṟku [|] paṉmāheśvara Irakṣai ∥⁓

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.242 (ARIE/1928-1929/B/1928-1929/37) 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 148, item 242.