SII 14.10: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 10. (A.R. No. 414 of 1904.) TIRUCHCHIRĀPPAḶḶI, TIRUCHCHIRAPPALLI TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE WALL OF THE ROCK-CUT CAVE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0010.

Summary: This interesting inscription engraved in the Pallava rock-cut cave-temple on the hill at Tiruchchirāppaḷḷi is dated in the 4th year and 2,501st day of the reign of king Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ, who is also called Pāṇḍyādhirāja Varaguṇa[varman]. Having destroyed the fort at Vembil (i.e., Vēmbaṟṟūr near Kumbakōṇam), the king was staying at Niyamam at the time of the issue of this record. He is described as an ornament of both the solar and lunar dynasties, probably because of an earlier marital alliance between the Chōḷa (solar) and the Pāṇḍya (lu2nar) ruling families. The king is stated to have made a gift of 125 kaḻañju of gold to the temple of Tirumalai-Bhaṭāra, by which the liṅga in the rock-cut cave is evidently meant. From the fact that provision was made for burning five lamps in this temple on the day of Ārdrā every month, it is probable that Ārdrā was the natal star of this king.

Hand description:

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

Version: (e64779b), last modified (fb6407c).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||]

ka⟨2⟩lpādāya hutāśa dhū⟨3⟩mapaṭala krūraM viṣa(M) līla⟨4⟩yā kaṇṭhe yaḥ kalayāMbabhūva (vi)⟨5⟩budhai (r)bibhya¿t?⟨d⟩bhirabhya(r)tthitaḥ [|] ya(stā)⟨6⟩(r)ṇīriva nirddadāha vitatīśśuṣkāḥ purī⟨7⟩rāsurīryyaścākṣijvalane juhāva ⟨8⟩ madanaM pāyādapāyātsavaḥ [||]

komāṟa(ñ) ⟨9⟩ ca(ṭ)aiyaṟku yāṇṭu nāṉku nāḷ ¿I?⟨Ī⟩(rā)⟨10⟩yirattainnūṟṟoṉṟu vempil mati(ḷa)⟨11⟩ḻittuppontu niyamattiruntaruḷi (so)⟨12⟩masūryyānvayadvaya tilakāraṃ¿g?⟨k⟩ārarāyina (pā) ⟨13⟩ ñjyādhirājar varaguṇa devar tiruma(lai) bhaṭāra(rk)⟨14⟩kukkuṭutta poṉ pāṭikkallāl 100 2 10 5 <kaḻañcu> nūṟ(ṟi) ⟨15⟩ rupattaiṅkaḻañcum Ippoṉ mutaṉiṟka ⟨16⟩ polikoṇṭu muppatiṉ kaḻañcu poṉṉiṉ ⟨17⟩ poliyāl Oru nontā viḷakkāka nūṟṟiru⟨18⟩patiṉ kaḻañcu poṉṉāl nālu non ⟨19⟩ tāviḷakkeriyak kāṇa nāḻiyāl nicati Aṭṭakka ⟨20⟩ ṭava ney Irunāḻi [|] niṉṟa Aiṅkaḻañcu po⟨21⟩ṉṉālun tiṅkaṭoṟum tiṅkaṭ ṭiruvāti⟨22⟩raināṉ ṟavvirāppularumaḷavum Aintu ⟨23⟩ viḷakkeriya Aṭṭakkaṭava ney Iru nāḻi U⟨24⟩ri [|] Ivvoṭṭiṉa paricu ney Aṭṭi Itti⟨25⟩ru viḷakkerippāṉ Ippoṉ nūṟṟirupattai ⟨26⟩ ṅkaḻañcuṅ koṇṭom ciṟṟampar naka⟨rat⟩ ⟨27⟩ tom [|] Ivvoṭṭiṉa paricu ney Aṭṭuvip⟨pa⟩ ⟨28⟩ taṟku Amaintu puṇaippaṭṭom ciṟṟampar ⟨pa⟩ ⟨29⟩ tiyum pātamulattomum [|] Itu panmāhe⟨30⟩śvararū Irakṣai [||]

Commentary

Published in Archaeological Survey Report for 1903-04, pp. 275-76.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.10 (ARIE/1904-1905/A/1904/414) by Ramanatha Ayyar 1962 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

See also edition by Emmanuel Francis (INSPandya00010).

Primary

[SII] Ramanatha Ayyar, A. S. 1962. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XIV: The Pāṇḍyas. South Indian Inscriptions 14. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Page 6, item 10.