SII 25.272: original edition by M. D. Sampath

Alternative title: “No. 272. (A.R. No. 272 of 1908.) KARIVAḶAMVANDANALLŪR, SANKARANAYINAR KOYIL TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: North wall of the first prākāra of the Pālvaṇṇanāthasvāmi temple.

Chaḍaiyavarmaṉ Tribhº Kōnērin-maikoṇḍāṉ Abhirāma Varatuṅga-rāma Vīrapāṇḍya Śaka 1511: 1588 A.D.

This epigraph commences with a Sanskrit verse invoking Śiva.

The details of date viz., Śaka 1511, regnal year 2, Sarvadhāri, dakshiṇāyana, Dhanu-Ravi 6 Wednesday, ēkādaśi, Svāti-nakshatra corresponding to 1588 A.D., December 4.

It records the grant of Vaṅgaikuḷam in Mallayampaṭṭu in Āriya-nāḍu as kuḍinīṅg-dēvadāṉa to Śeṇbagavaṉap-perumāḷ Irāmīchchuraṉ, who has to expend annually 20 paṇam to meet the expenses of the birth-day celebration of the king on the star of Pūsa falling in the month of Puraṭṭāśi.

An order (ōlai) was issued to this effect by the vāśalttāṉigar to the kaṇakkar (accountant) and drafted in the name of Ādichaṇḍēśvaran.

Languages: Sanskrit (san), Tamil (tam).

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⟨1⟩ śrīmaT suṣeṇanādhasya mukhaliṅgasya śāsanaM vaiṣaṇe śivāratnaṁ ha [***] bhutārākāṁ bhuyo || Ādicaṇḍeśvara syājñeyaM
⟨2⟩ śakābdaM 1000 5 100 10 1 ṉmel cellāniṉṟa svastiśrī kojaṭilavarmarāna tribhuvanaccakravatti koṉeri māko-
⟨3⟩ ṇṭāṉ svastiśrī bhuvanekavīracandrakula pradīpamadhurāmahendra jayan=tamaṁgaḷa puravarādhiśvara kṣemāsura nāri [***]
⟨4⟩ keraḷa paṁśa divākara coḷavaṁśa vaṭavānala [***] haT sārvvabhauma devabrāhmaṇā stāpanācārya naṁ-
⟨5⟩ kumāraN Abhirāmaparatuṁgarāmaṉāṉa vīrapāṇḍya devaṉukku Āṇṭu Iraṇṭāvatu sarvvadhāri saṁvaTsarattu dakṣi-
⟨6⟩ ṇāyanattu dhanuravi 6 10 2 budhavāramum Ekādaśiyum śubhayogamu bālavakaraṇamum peṟṟa svāti nakṣattirattu nāḷ
⟨7⟩ naṅkumāraṉ Abhirāma varatuṁgarāmaṉāṉa virapāṇḍya devaN taṉ piṟanta nāḷ [*****] puraṭṭāci mācattil pūcatti-
⟨8⟩ le namakkuc ciṟappu naṭattukiṟatukku Aṟṟaināḷil 8 10 5 putu paṇattukku ceṇpakavaṉap perumāḷ varatuṅkarāma-
⟨9⟩ ṉ Irāmiccuraṉukkuttāṉ [******] mutal viṭṭu naṭatti varukiṟa Āriya nāṭu mallayampaṭṭu cayaṅkoṇṭāṉ tiruvīti-
⟨10⟩ yil vaṅkaik kuḷattai kaṭṭaḷaiyiṭṭu Antak kuḷattai ceṇpakavaṉap perumāḷ Irāmiccuraṉukku kuṭi-
⟨11⟩ niṅkāt tevatāṉam Āka <kiḻakku> [******] varuṣattukku Irupatu paṇamum puraṭṭāci mātam pūcattiṉāḷ ciṟappuc ce-
⟨12⟩ lavukku Avaṉ (pattil) paṟṟikkoṇṭu varavum kaṭṭaḷai Iṭṭu Antapaṭikkuk kuṭiniṅkāt tevatāṉamāka naṭatti-
⟨13⟩ c cella nammuṭaiya vācalttāṉikar kaṇakkaṟku Olai varaviṭukaiyāl namvācal Aṟaikkaṇakku Ari Araputtiraṉ-
⟨14⟩ māttāṇṭaṉiṭṭa kaittampa [*******] Uṭṭa [****] piṭākaiyil vaṅkai kuḷattukku Ellaiyāvatu
⟨15⟩ kuḷattu [*******] m peṟṟāṉ kulacekarap paṇṇi puñcaikkum-
⟨16⟩ kuḷattu I[.]ai [******] yum [*********]
⟨17⟩ kuḷattukkum [***] vaḻikkum teṟku Āka Iṉṉāṉkellaik kuṭpaṭṭa vaṅkai kuḷam nañcai puñcaiyum me-
⟨18⟩ ṉokkiya maramum kīṇokkiya kiṇaṟum Ellām [******] muḷpaṭa ceṇpakavaṉa [**] Irāmiccaṉukku kuṭi-
⟨19⟩ niṅkā tevatāṉamāka kaṭṭaḷai Iṭṭom Avaṉ puraṭṭāti mātap pūcantoṟum Irupatu paṇam cilavaḻittu kāṟ-
⟨20⟩ ppa [**********] Ācantrirākkam cantatip piṟavecame cempilum cilaiyilum veṭṭikkaiyyāṇṭu
⟨21⟩ koṇṭu va [******] ṉākavum 2 ĀdiśaṇḍeśvaraN Eḻuttu ௳

⟨1⟩ śrīmaT suṣeṇanādhasya mukhaliṅgasya śāsanaM vaiṣaṇe śivāratnaṁ ha [3+] bhutārākāṁ bhuyo ||

Ādicaṇḍeśvara syājñeyaM

⟨2⟩ śakābdaM 1000 5 100 10 1 ṉmel cellāniṉṟa svastiśrī kojaṭilavarmarāna tribhuvanaccakravatti koṉeri māko⟨3⟩ṇṭāṉ svastiśrī bhuvanekavīracandrakula pradīpamadhurāmahendra jayan=tamaṁgaḷa puravarādhiśvara kṣemāsura nāri [3+] ⟨4⟩ keraḷa paṁśa divākara coḷavaṁśa vaṭavānala [3+] haT sārvvabhauma devabrāhmaṇā stāpanācārya naṁ⟨5⟩kumāraN Abhirāmaparatuṁgarāmaṉāṉa vīrapāṇḍya devaṉukku Āṇṭu Iraṇṭāvatu sarvvadhāri saṁvaTsarattu dakṣi⟨6⟩ṇāyanattu dhanuravi 6 10 2 budhavāramum Ekādaśiyum śubhayogamu bālavakaraṇamum peṟṟa svāti nakṣattirattu nāḷ ⟨7⟩ naṅkumāraṉ Abhirāma varatuṁgarāmaṉāṉa virapāṇḍya devaN taṉ piṟanta nāḷ [5+] puraṭṭāci mācattil pūcatti⟨8⟩le namakkuc ciṟappu naṭattukiṟatukku Aṟṟaināḷil 8 10 5 putu paṇattukku ceṇpakavaṉap perumāḷ varatuṅkarāma⟨9⟩ṉ Irāmiccuraṉukkuttāṉ [6+] mutal viṭṭu naṭatti varukiṟa Āriya nāṭu mallayampaṭṭu cayaṅkoṇṭāṉ tiruvīti⟨10⟩yil vaṅkaik kuḷattai kaṭṭaḷaiyiṭṭu Antak kuḷattai ceṇpakavaṉap perumāḷ Irāmiccuraṉukku kuṭi⟨11⟩niṅkāt tevatāṉam Āka <kiḻakku> [6+] varuṣattukku Irupatu paṇamum puraṭṭāci mātam pūcattiṉāḷ ciṟappuc ce⟨12⟩lavukku Avaṉ (pattil) paṟṟikkoṇṭu varavum kaṭṭaḷai Iṭṭu Antapaṭikkuk kuṭiniṅkāt tevatāṉamāka naṭatti⟨13⟩c cella nammuṭaiya vācalttāṉikar kaṇakkaṟku Olai varaviṭukaiyāl namvācal Aṟaikkaṇakku Ari Araputtiraṉ⟨14⟩māttāṇṭaṉiṭṭa kaittampa [7+] Uṭṭa [4+] piṭākaiyil vaṅkai kuḷattukku Ellaiyāvatu ⟨15⟩ kuḷattu [7+] m peṟṟāṉ kulacekarap paṇṇi puñcaikkum⟨16⟩kuḷattu I[.]ai [6+] yum [9+] ⟨17⟩ kuḷattukkum [3+] vaḻikkum teṟku Āka Iṉṉāṉkellaik kuṭpaṭṭa vaṅkai kuḷam nañcai puñcaiyum me⟨18⟩ṉokkiya maramum kīṇokkiya kiṇaṟum Ellām [6+] muḷpaṭa ceṇpakavaṉa [2+] Irāmiccaṉukku kuṭi⟨19⟩niṅkā tevatāṉamāka kaṭṭaḷai Iṭṭom Avaṉ puraṭṭāti mātap pūcantoṟum Irupatu paṇam cilavaḻittu kāṟ⟨20⟩ppa [10+] Ācantrirākkam cantatip piṟavecame cempilum cilaiyilum veṭṭikkaiyyāṇṭu ⟨21⟩ koṇṭu va [6+] ṉākavum 2 ĀdiśaṇḍeśvaraN Eḻuttu ௳

⟨1⟩ śrīmaT suṣeṇanādhasya mukhaliṅgasya śāsanaM vaiṣaṇe śivāratnaṁ ha [3+] bhutārākāṁ bhuyo ||

Ādicaṇḍeśvara syājñeyaM

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 25.272 (ARIE/1908-1909/B/1908/272) by Sampath 2012 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Sampath, M. D. 2012. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXV, Part I: inscriptions collected during the year 1908. South Indian Inscriptions 25.1. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 407–408, item 272.

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