SII 14.40: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Alternative title: “No. 40. (A.R. No. 12 of 1929.) DAḶAPATISAMUDRAM, NANGUNERI TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON A SLAB LYING IN A FIELD IN THE PAṞACHCHĒRI OF THE VILLAGE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This long inscription in Vaṭṭeḻuttu characters is dated in the 6th year opposite to the 35th year of the reign of king Māṟāñjaḍaiyaṉ who appears to be identical with the king figuring in No. 37 above from Māṉūr, dated in the 35th year and 469th day. The record consists of two separate endowments made by a certain Vēḷāṉ of Irambāḍu in Karaikāṉa-nāḍu. One of them was a gift of 50 sheep to maintain a lamp in the resthouse called Rājakka ttaṇṇīr pperumbandal erected by him at Perumbaḻañji in Nāṭṭāṟṟuppōkku while a gift of land and a well were also made for it. The other gift of sheep was for maintaining a lamp in another rest-house named Muṉṉūṟṟuvapperumbandal instituted by him in the same village; and a gift of land for the care-taker who supplied water to this water-shed was also made.

The two rest-houses were apparently erected, one in the name of ‘Rājakkar’ of Tirukkōṭṭāṟu and the other in the name of the Kōyiṟpiḷḷaigaḷ Muṉṉūṟṟuvar whose constitution is not clear. These charities were left under the protection of the Nāyakaṉmār ruling the district.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: (3992bd7), last modified (0ec4724).

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⟨Face A: first face⟩

⟨1⟩ [*] sti śrī [||] komara-

⟨2⟩ [**] caṭaiyaṟku yā-

⟨3⟩ [**] 3 10 5 Itaṉeti-

⟨4⟩ [*] 6 Ivvāṇṭu karai-

⟨5⟩ kkāṉa nāṭṭu Iram-

⟨6⟩ (pāṭṭu) veḷāṉ cāt-

⟨7⟩ taṉ tirukkoṭṭāṟ-

⟨8⟩ ṟu Irācakkar perāl

⟨9⟩ (nā)ṭṭāṟṟup pokku-

⟨10⟩ p perumpaḻañci

⟨11⟩ Eṭuppitta Irācak-

⟨12⟩ (ka)t taṇṇīrp perum-

⟨13⟩ pantalukku vaiytta

⟨14⟩ viḷakku % Itaṉukku

⟨15⟩ nicati Uḻakku ney

⟨16⟩ muṭṭāma laṭṭi viḷa-

⟨17⟩ kku Erivatāka ciṟup-

⟨18⟩ paḻañcic cavaiyār pu-

⟨19⟩ ṇaiyākap paṭaittalaiva-

⟨20⟩ ṉ ku(ṇa)vampalatevaṉ

⟨21⟩ vaḻi Aṭutta cāvā muvā-

⟨22⟩ (p)perāṭu 5 10 Aiym(pa)-

⟨23⟩ tu taṇṇipaṭṭuvārkku

⟨24⟩ (vi)rutti perumpaḻa-

⟨25⟩ ñcip peruṅkuḷat-

⟨Face B: second face⟩

⟨26⟩ tu veḷḷikkumi(ḻi)-

⟨27⟩ (yā)l nirapaṭuvaṉa ka-

⟨28⟩ (ru)mattuṭavai taṭi (U)-

⟨29⟩ (ru)mpettuttuṭav(ai ta)-

⟨30⟩ ṭi 3 Ettittaṭi 5 (ni)-

⟨31⟩ laṉ 3 mā mūṉṟu mā(vi)-

⟨32⟩ ṉālum Iṟai kaṭaṉu(m)

⟨33⟩ vaḻi Iṟai veṭṭi Ev-

⟨34⟩ vakaippaṭṭatum peru-

⟨35⟩ mpaḻañcip pāp(pā)r

⟨36⟩ �ṉaṟācey kāttū�

⟨37⟩ tāka Ivvūr Ūrā�

⟨38⟩ kkal Ipparice vi(lai)-

⟨39⟩ kkuk koṇṭu Irāca�

⟨40⟩ Ilakkippat��m pu-

⟨41⟩ tuk(ku)vippatākavuñ

⟨42⟩ ceytāṉ perumpa-

⟨43⟩ ḻañci Ūrār makaṉ ve-

⟨44⟩ ḷāṉ cāttaṉ perum pa-

⟨45⟩ ḻañci Iṇaikaḷ Ore-

⟨46⟩ ṭuppar puṟaṅkāttu-

⟨47⟩ pputukkuvippatu [|]

⟨48⟩ Ippantalukku A-

⟨49⟩ ṭuppitta kiṇaṟu ku-

⟨50⟩ ḻuvāṇai Eṉpatu ||௳

⟨51⟩ śrī cilaccikari ||௳

⟨Face C: third face⟩

⟨52⟩ Ivaṉey perumpa-

⟨53⟩ ḻañci Ūrileṭuppi-

⟨54⟩ cca munnūṟṟuvap pe-

⟨55⟩ rumpantalukku vait-

⟨56⟩ taviḷakku % Itaṉuk-

⟨57⟩ ku nicati Uḻakku ne-

⟨58⟩ y muṭṭāmavaṭṭi vi-

⟨59⟩ ḷakkerivatāka Aṭu-

⟨60⟩ tta cāvā muvāp pe-

⟨61⟩ rāṭu 5 10 Aimpatu [|] (I)-

⟨62⟩ vaiccukku puṇaip

⟨63⟩ perumpaḻañci Ū-

⟨64⟩ rāre Ivakaḷ pakkal

⟨65⟩ Irācakkattaṇṇīr-

⟨66⟩ p perumpantaluk-

⟨67⟩ kut taṇṇīraṭṭuvā-

⟨68⟩ rkku virutti vi-

⟨69⟩ laikkuk koṇṭu (O)ḷi

⟨70⟩ ceyvitāka koṇṭu Iṭai-

⟨71⟩ kkuḷattu (mulai)vāy-

⟨72⟩ kkumiḻi(yā)l ni-

⟨73⟩ rpaṭuvaṉa ko [**] yat

⟨74⟩ tuṭavai taṭi 2 nila-

⟨75⟩ ṉ pama taṇṇirttuṭa-

⟨76⟩ vai taṭi % nilaṉ kma

⟨77⟩ Eṟṟittaṭi 3 nila-

⟨78⟩ ṉ Iraṇṭumā koI-

⟨79⟩ ṟ piḷḷaikaḷ munnūṟṟu-

⟨80⟩ var puṟṟu kāval Oreṭu-

⟨81⟩ ppar putukkuvatu [|] I-

⟨82⟩ nnāṭāḷunāṭṭu nāyaka(ṉa)

⟨83⟩ mār Ivviraṇṭu taṇṇī-

⟨84⟩ rppantalum rakṣi-

⟨85⟩ ttār Avakaḷ kāl E-

⟨86⟩ ṉ talai melaṉa ||~ I

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.40 (ARIE/1928-1929/B/1928-1929/12) 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). Pages 30–31, item 40.