SII 17.397: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: “No. 397. (A.R. No. 367 of 1904.) AMMĀŚATRAM, PUDUKKOTTAI, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: At the entrance of the natural cave east of the rock known as Āḷuruṭṭimalai.

Māṟavarmaṉ Sundarapāṇḍya I. acc. 1216 A.D.

The date portion of this inscription is lost.

This epigraph seems to record a grant of land in Periyapaḷḷivayal as paḷḷichchandam to Nāyaṉār Tirumāṉaimalai Āḻvār, by Pāmbaiyurūḍaiyāṉ Śeṅguḍi Āṉaina[ḍi] (?) tēnar perumagaṉ alias Gaṅgādarar, a merchant. It mentions Kanakachandra Paṇḍita and his disciple Danmadēva Āchāryaṉ.

Text published in Inscription (Texts) of the Pudukkottai State, No. 474. The text is, however, published here in view of some differences in the reading.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0397.

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⟨1⟩ [*************] (ṟu)vaṉmarāṉa tri(puvaṉa)ccakkara(var)ttikaḷ cuṉtarapāṇṭiyatevarkku yā(ṇṭu) [***************]
⟨2⟩ [*****] ṭikoṇṭa coḻa [****] ṭu teliṅka(kula)kālapuramāṉa kulottuṅkacoḻa paṭṭaṇattu paḷ(ḷicca)ṉta(mā)na (A)ṇ [****]
⟨3⟩ [*****] Uṭaiyār (ka)ṉakacaṉtirapaṇṭitar mā(ṇā)⟨k⟩kar taṉmateva Ācāriyaṉum tiru⟨p⟩paḷḷi [**] l Āḻvār māṇākka(r) [*****] Āḻvā(ṉ) pāri [****]
⟨4⟩ [****] ṉakarattu viyāpāri pāmpaiyūr Uṭaiyāṉ ceṅkuṭi Ā(ṉai)ṉa(ṭi) teṉaṟ pe(rumakaṉāṉa) keṅkātara(r)kku kalve(ṭ)⟨ṭi⟩ Ippira-
⟨5⟩ [*******] (ṭu)tta paricāvatu periya paḷḷivayalil ṉāyaṉār tirumā(ṉai)malai Āḻvār paḷḷi⟨c⟩caṉtamāy Eṅkaḷukku A⟨r⟩ccaṉāpokamāy varukiṟa ṉilam Iraṇṭu māvuk [*]
⟨6⟩ [*****] lai Āvatu kiḻpākkella Ikkuḷattil karaikku meṟkum teṉpākkellai ka(l) kuḻumi(yi) [*] ṉā [**] (te)ṟku ṉokki po mekk(o)ṭiya vākkālukku [*]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.397 by Krishnan 1964 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Krishnan, K. G. 1964. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XVII: Inscriptions collected during the year 1903-04. South Indian Inscriptions 17. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Pages 169–170, item 397.

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