SII 13.344: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 344. (A.R. No. 374 of 1924.) MĒLAPPAḺUVŪR, UDAIYARPALAIYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE EAST WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE AGASTYĒŚVARA SHRINE, AGASTYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0344.

Summary: The inscription is much damaged. It seems to be connected with No. 215 above and to record an order of [A]ḍigaḷ Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar Maṟavaṉ Kaṇḍaṉ to the Tōdapattikkāṟach-Cheṭṭigaḷ (merchant community) of the place perhaps permitting the payment of taxes due by them at the rates prevailing at Nandipuram, on the representation made on their behalf by . . . . ṇāvaṉ Araiyaṉ alias Kaṇḍaśeṭṭi. The order was communicated through the officer Vēḷāṉ Chintāmaṇi, the headman of Tattaṉūr.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (1624459), last modified (9098b32).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] koIrājakecariva [3+] ku [2+] ca [2+] ⟨2⟩ ṭikaḷ paḻuveṭṭaraiyar maṟavaṉ kaṇṭan [4+] ⟨3⟩ ṇāvaṉ Araiyaṉnāna kaṇṭaceṭṭi viṇṇappa [5+] ⟨4⟩ totapattikkāṟacceṭṭika{ḷ}ḷaiyum Iva⟨r⟩kaḷ paṇi [5+] ⟨5⟩ Emperumāḷ paṇṭai nan=tipuramaṟṟātiye ke [6+] ⟨6⟩ [6+] ṟaṉ kaṇṭaṉṉi [5+] ⟨7⟩ [4+] p pe [5+] maṟacantaṉai koḷka(v)e(ṉṟu) [3+] cca⟨8⟩ya(nū) tattaṉūrkiḻavaṉ veḷāṉ ciṉtāmaṇikku (śrī)(muka)m vara nakaramum k(ā)⟨9⟩ṭaṉ parameśvaraṉ Evalāl cantrāditaval kalli(ḷ)le veṭṭivittuko⟨10⟩ṇṭom tota(pa)ttikkāṟarom

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.344 by Srinivasa Rao 1952 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1952. South-Indian inscriptions (texts) (with introductory notes in English). Volume XIII: The Cholas. South Indian Inscriptions 13. Madras: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 184, item 344.