# SII 14.251: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Dorotea Operato

Alternative title: No. 251. (A.R. No. 138 of 1910.) TENKARAI,
PERIYAKULAM TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON A STONE SET UP IN THE COURT-YARD
OF THE MŪLASTHĀNĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0251

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0251.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Śrīvallabha is dated in the 20+1st year of his
reign. It mentions the merchant-guild of Ayyapoḻil and appears to record
certain rules framed by them in regard to the social classes Valaṅgai
and Iḍaṅgai. As it is much damaged its full purport cannot be made out.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩ tirumaṭantai [2+] ⟨2⟩ jayamaṭantai [3+] ⟨3⟩ [4+] ya
[3+] niti ⟨4⟩ [3+] lamum perumai Eyta ⟨5⟩ (Eṇ)ṭicaiyuṅ kuṭai
niḻa⟨6⟩[2+]maṉṉavarellām van⟨7⟩[1+] ṟaiñc maraviṉē ⟨8⟩ varumaṇimuṭi
cūṭit ⟨9⟩ teṉkumari vaṭakaṅ⌈ ⟨10⟩ kait ticaikaṭale El⟨11⟩laiyākap pār
muḻutum ⟨12⟩ kayalāṇai parantu ce⟨13⟩ṅkoluṭaṉ vaḷara ma⟨14⟩ṉṉiya
virasiṅkāsaṉa⟨15⟩ttu Ulakamuḻutuṭai⟨16⟩yāroṭu viṟṟiruntaru⟨17⟩ḷi māmutal
matikkula⟨18⟩m viḷakkiya komutal ⌈⟨19⟩koccaṭaiypanmarāna
tiri⟨20⟩pu(va)ṉac cak⟨21⟩karavartti śrī⟨22⟩vallavateva⟨23⟩ṟku yāṇṭu 2
10⟨24⟩irupatāvatin ⟨25⟩ Etirāmāṇ⟨26⟩ṭu cattikku naṭa⟨27⟩tta veṇṭi ⟨28⟩
na toṉṟāme ⟨29⟩ teyvam[3+] ⟨30⟩ rtta tiṉi[2+] ⟨31⟩ (vi)ttiṇṭiya
śrī⟨32⟩maturaṉ śrīva⟨33⟩llavan koṭṭa⟨34⟩ṉāta vāṭuṟai kū⟨35⟩ṭi vaḷa(r)nta
Aiy⟨36⟩yapoḻil A⟨37⟩ttāṇi cittira⟨38⟩moḻi muṉṟu ⟨39⟩ [3+] ṭṭa[3+] ⟨40⟩
[2+]ka mācevā[4+] ⟨41⟩ [3+] kaiyum Oṉ [1+] ⟨42⟩ [2+]kavum Ivā[2+] ⟨43⟩
maka⟨ra⟩ nāyiṟṟu Iraṇṭā [1+] ⟨44⟩ (ti)ya(ti)yum veḷḷikkiḻa[.]ai [2+]
⟨45⟩ m Uttiraṭṭāti mutal va(la)⟨46⟩ṅkai Iṭaṅkai ciṟutaṉam (E) [1+] ⟨47⟩
kave[2+] ṟu colla[2+] mā ⟨48⟩ [3+] śrīkāriyam ceyvomā⟨49⟩kavum
śrīkāriya[3+] ⟨50⟩ [4+] kaiyum Eṭuttu ⟨51⟩ Eṟiñcu nāyiṉār tiru[2+] ⟨52⟩
yam ceyvomākavum vala⟨53⟩ṅkai Iṭaṅkai ciṟutaṉam ⟨54⟩ Eṉṟu (p)e(ṟu)māṟu
collu⟨55⟩vār (E)ṉṟum[3+] ttāl ⟨56⟩ cemacceṭiyum kaiyo⟨57⟩laiyum[1+]ṉ[2+]
maṟuttār maṟu⟨58⟩tta[4+] ⟨59⟩ [4+]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.251 by Ramanatha Ayyar 1962 converted to
DHARMA conventions by Dorotea Operato.

### 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 154–155, item 251.