# SII 30.216: original edition by N. Marxia Gandhi, A. Padmavathy and S.
Swaminathan

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 216. (A.R. No. 567 of 1915). Dārukāpuram,
Sankaranayinar koyil Taluk, Tirunelveli District

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv30p0i0216

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII30/DHARMA_INSSIIv30p0i0216.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Madhyasthanātha temple - on the north and west walls of the central
shrine and the west wall of the mukhamaṇḍapa. Iṟandakālameḍutta perumāḷ
Śrīvallabhadēva: year 7, Śaka 1463, piḷava, Āvaṇi, 22, su. di. 7,
Tuesday, Anusha: 1541 A.D.

This inscription records a gift of one kuḻi and eight mā of land freed
from taxes at Paṭṭakuṟichchi in Āri-nāḍu, to Kaṇdēru Sōmanātha Bhaṭṭa
for compiling pañchāṅga (calendar).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śubhamastu ⟨∥⟩

ĀdicaṇḍeśvarājñeyaM ⟨∥⟩

śakābdaM 1000 4 100 9 10 3 l svasti śrī perumāḷ Iṟantakālameṭutta
perumāḷ śrīvallabhadevaṟku yāṇṭu 7⁓vatu pilava varuṣaM Āvaṇi māsaM 2 10
2 pū(rvva)pakṣattu saptamiyuM ma⟨ṅka⟩ḷavāramum ruṣabhakaraṇamum
viṣkampayokamum peṟṟa Aṉuṣattu nā⟨2⟩ḷ Aśvatināḷ jātaṉāna naṅkumāra⟨r⟩t
tirunelvelip perumāḷ tammuṉ pañcāṅkamākak kaṟpikkaiyil parāśara gotrattu
Āpastamba sūtrattu kaṇṭeṟu somanātapaṭṭaṉukku Udakapūrva dānamāka
koṭuttu bhoga moṉṟuk⟨ku⟩ nam kulaiyaparattu nam Ādhyayaṉa [3+] kaḷuṭaṉ
kūṭṭi viṭṭa maṉai ⟨3⟩ Oṉṟum toṭṭamum toṭṭakūṟum Ivarkaḷukku Uṇṭāṉa
cutantiraṅkaḷum bhāgam Oṉṟukku nilam Orumāvukku cetta Ārināṭṭup
paṭṭakuṟicci nam kaṇṭuḻavā(p)āṭṭan tiṟantuviṭṭanilamāvatu Ukaṟṟu kūli
[2+] l viṭṭu kiṟā [15+] pala viṭṭu ki ṟā ⟨4⟩ n=tu [10+] Oṉṟāka [5+]
taṭiyāka 4 kuṭutta [3+] kaṭṭi [4+] Iṉṉi vama kār patānam
Aṟumukkaṭaiyavam vaṭa [4+] Iraṭṭi payir ceyyak kaṟpittu Innilattiluḷḷatu
kuṭimai Antarāyama poṉvarip putuvari pañcipīli cantivikkiṟakappeṟu
Ilāñciṉaippeṟum Epperppa ⟨5⟩ [2+] vatu neṭuṅkuḷam perkuṭi pāṭṭam Ākaiyil
naṅkumāraṉ Ōlaippaṭi kottukaṉ kaittaṭi paṭi koṭukka (Usā) kaiyil
tiruvā⟨6⟩ḻikku kāṇiyāṭcai Iṟaiyili Āka kalattiṅku Uṭpaṭa [3+] Iṉṉi⟨la⟩m
kuḻi ⟨O⟩ṉṟu mā 8 kku kār pacāṉa viḻukkāṭu ka⟨7⟩ṭaimai kuṭimai Antarāyam
poṉvari maṟṟum Eppeṟpaṭṭatum coṟu cuvantiṟamum nam Ālaiyattu vāyi{l}lār
ka⟨8⟩ṇakkilum (v)aittu cantirātittavarai kallilum cempilum veṭṭi
kaiyyāṇṭu koḷḷavum ௳

## Apparatus

⟨4⟩ n=tu [10+] • Land measurements are given as symbols.

## Commentary

⟨4–5⟩ Some portions are missing in between lines 4 & 5.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 30.216 (ARIE/1915-1916/B/1915/567) by Marxia
Gandhi et al. 2011 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Marxia Gandhi, N., A. Padmavathy & S. Swaminathan. 2011. South
Indian inscriptions. Volume XXX: Inscriptions collected during the year
1915. South Indian Inscriptions 30. New Delhi; Chennai: Archaeological
Survey of India; Department of Archaeology, Government of Tamilnadu.
Pages 199–200, item 216.