SII 38.8: original edition by S. Swaminathan – No. 8. (A.R. No. 8 of 1912.) TEṈKĀŚI, TENKASI TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. On the west and south walls, central shrine, Vīśvanāthaśvāmin temple.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv38p0i0008.

Summary: King: Parākrama Pāṇḍya alias Kulaśēkharadēva Years: 15: Śaka 1416 Kārttigai, Mīṉa 15, Full moon, Wednesday Attam = 21, March 1494 A.D. However, the day was Friday. This incomplete inscription records a gift of 1(1/2) mā of tax-free land, house-site (maṉai), garden and other perquisites to Rāśakularāmapperumāḷ and others including Vīrapāṇḍyadēvar, thereon for the services of watch and ward (tirumēṉikāval) of the god Viśvanātha at Teṉkāsi in Teṉvāri-nāḍu, commencing from sixteenth year of rainy season (kār paśānam).

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Language: Tamil.

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

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⟨1⟩ śakā¿p?⟨bd⟩aM Āyirattu nāṉūṟṟu Orupattu Āṟiṉ mel cellā niṉṟa svastiśrī kaujaṭulavarmmarāna tri(bhu)(vana)cakravat=tikaḷ kāttikai nāḷ piṟantu parākkiṟama pāṇṭiya tevar Āṉa kulacekaratevar nam yāṇṭu patiṉ Añcāvatu mīṉa ñāyaṟṟup patiṉ Añcām tiyatiyum paurṇai⟨ma⟩yum putavāramum peṟṟa Attattu nāḷ Irācakularāmap perumāḷum vīrap¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇṭiya tevar Uḷḷiṭṭārkkum teṉ Āri nā⟨⟨ṭ⟩⟩ṭu cittirānati Uttiratirattu dakṣiṇakāciyil Uṭaiyār viśvanātaṉukku nittiya naimittikaṅ [10+] ⟨2⟩ paṉaiviraṉ maṉaikkut teṟku Ataṉ muṉṟu muḻattanāl maṉai Oṉṟum toṭṭamum yiṟaiyiliyāka viṭak kaṟpitta Iṉṉāyinār tevatānappaṟṟāṉa teṉṉārināṭṭuk kuṉṟakkuṭip paṟṟu melaik kāṟ puravil pāṭṭan tiṟantu patiṉāṟāvatu kārmutalukkuk kārpacāṉam payiṟ ceytu koḷḷumpaṭiyum kaṟpittu yiṟaiyiliyāka viṭṭa nilam Oru māvaraiyum kaiyyāṇṭu Acal tirumeṉikāvalukku Otta(ṭa)m viḻukkāṭu coṟum Uṭaimai maṟṟumuḷḷa cuvantiraṅkaḷum peṟṟu potumpaṭiyum [7+]

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Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 38.8 (ARIE/1911-1912/C/1912/8) by Swaminathan 2019 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Swaminathan, S. 2019. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXVIII: Inscriptions collected during the year 1912. South Indian Inscriptions 38. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 9–10, item 8.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1911-1912. G.O. No. 919, 29th July 1912. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1911-1912. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1912. Page 41, appendix C/1912, item 8.

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