SII 14.16: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 16. (A.R. No. 138 of 1908.) TIRUPPATTŪR, TIRUPPATTUR TALUK, RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT. ON A SLAB LYING IN THE AṄGĀḶAMMAṈ TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0016.

Summary: This record also comes from Tiruppattūr and is dated in some year, which was probably [4]1 and 4985th day of king Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ’s reign. It registers that Manōmayaṉ-Māṟaṉ, the kāvadi of Iḷaveṇbaikkalattirukkai, presented 150 sheep for the maintenance of a perpetual lamp to the god Jalaśayaṉattu-BhaTArar at TirupputtUr, a brahmadēya in KoḻuvUr-kUṟṟam. This image must have been one of Vishṇu in his recumbent form, but no traces of it are seen now. The term KAvadi signifies a ‘revenue officer’ and is found applied to even petty officials in the Chōḷa country at this period. As in No. 9 above, the corporate body called the ‘ĀyiratteḻunUṟṟuvar’ were to be in charge of this charity also.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (e64779b), last modified (67625ee).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ||~ ⟨2⟩ komāṟañcaṭaiyaṟku ⟨3⟩[4+] nāḷ nā⟨4⟩(yirattu) (9 100 8 10 5) ⟨5⟩ Innāḷaral veṇpai⟨6⟩kkuṭināṭṭiḷave⟨7⟩ṇpaikkalattirukkai⟨8⟩k{kaik}kāva(ti) Āyiṉa⟨9⟩maṉomayaṉ māṟaṉ koḻu⟨10⟩vūrk kūṟṟattup pira⟨11⟩mateyam tirupputtū⟨12⟩r jalaśayaṉattup⟨13⟩paṭāra⟨r⟩kkut tirunon⟨14⟩tāviḷak kerippatāka⟨15⟩ccaravā muvāp perāṭā⟨16⟩ka vaitta Āṭu 100 5 10 [|] ⟨17⟩ Ivvāṭṭāl nicati⟨18⟩ppaṭi tiruviḷak⟨19⟩kiṉukku Uriy ne⟨20⟩y yaṭṭuvatāka vai⟨21⟩t[*]taṉa [|] Ivai Irakṣi⟨22⟩ppār Āyiratte⟨23⟩ḻunūṟṟuvar [|] Ava⟨24⟩⟨r⟩kaḷ śrīpātam Eṉ ⟨25⟩ talai melaṉa ||~

Apparatus

⟨3⟩[4+] • The missing syllables were probably ṇṭu (4)

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.16 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 12, item 16.

Notes

  1. 1. This digit of which only the latter portion is seen looks like 6 also.