SII 14.12B: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Alternative title: “No. 12B. (A.R. No. 121 of 1928-29.) LĀLGUḌI, LALGUDI TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SAPTAṚISHĪŚVARA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This record of Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ alias Pāṇḍyakulapati Varaguṇa Mahārāja registers the gift of 120 kāśu by the king for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruttavattuṟai in uḍaiyāṟṟu-nāḍu. The king is stated to have transmitted the gift through a certain Aṇḍanāṭṭu-Vēḷāṉ and the money was received by the assembly of Iḷamperuṅkāyirukkai in Iḍaiyāṟṟu-nāḍu who agreed to supply one nāḻi of ghee for burning the lamp.

The inscription is dated in the year 4+9 of the king’s reign and the details of date, viz., Dhanus, Śadaiyam (Śatabhishaj), and Tuesday have been equated with 824 A.D. November 29, and the king is identified with Varaguṇa I.¹

Language: Tamil (tam).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] komāṟañcaṭaiyarkku yāṇṭu 4~vatiṉ Etir 9 Āmāṇṭu dhanu nāyiṟṟu cevvā⟨y⟩kkiḻamai peṟṟa cataya{ma}ttu (nāḷ I)-
⟨2⟩ ṭaiyāṟṟu nāṭṭu tiruttavattuṟai m¿ā?hādevarkku Iravum pakalum cantirātittaval Iraṇṭu no(ntāttiruviḷakku)-
⟨3⟩ Erippatāka komāṟañcaṭaiyaṉ¿a?yiṉa pāṇḍyakulapati varakuṇam¿ā?hārāyar Aṇṭanāṭṭu veḷāṉ (k)aiyi(lk kuṭutta pa)ḻa(ṅ)-
⟨4⟩ kācu 100 2 10 nūṟṟirupatu kācu¿ṅ? muta(l) ke(ṭā)maiy poli(yū)ṭṭiṉāl nicati nā [**************]
⟨5⟩ Aḷappomāyinom Ippaṭi Oṭ(ṭi) Ikkācu koṇṭo(m) Iṭaiyāṟṟu nāṭṭu Iḷamperuṅkāy Iruk(k)ai (sabhai)(yo)
⟨6⟩ m [|] Iññey nicati Irunāḻiyum muṭṭil muṭṭiraṭṭiyum mulap(pa)ṭṭa panmāheśvarare sabhaiyākavum tanittākavum ni [**************]-
⟨7⟩ ḷḷiṭṭa tāṉ veṇṭu koviṉukku pukka vu ḷa Aññūṟu kāṇam taṇṭamiṭa Oṭṭikkuṭuttom tiruttavattuṟai mahādevarkku [||]

Commentary

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XX, pp. 46 ff.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.12B (ARIE/1928-1929/B/1928-1929/121) by Ramanatha Ayyar 1962 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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 9, item 12B.

Notes

1. [See Ep. Ind., Vol. XXVIII, p. 39 where the king is identified with Varaguṇa II and the details are equated with 875 A.D. December 6—Ed.].

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<p>Published in <hi rend="italic">Epigraphia Indica</hi>, Vol. XX, pp. 46 ff.</p>

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