SII 14.45: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Alternative title: “No. 45. (A.R. No. 368 of 1904.) ŚITTAṈṈAVĀŚAL, KULATTUR TALUK, (PUDUKKOTTAI STATE), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE ROCK SOUTH OF THE ROCK-CUT JAINA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription in Tamil verse, which is engraved in early characters with the puḷḷi marked for the basic consonants refers to the Pāṇḍya king Śrīvalluvaṉ (i.e., Śrīvallabha), who had the title Avaṉipaśēkharan. On his behalf a certain Iḷaṅ-Gautamaṉ who is described as an āśiriyaṉ of Madurai repaired the agamaṇḍapa of the temple at Aṇṇalvāyil and built the mukha-maṇḍapa in front of it. The record being damaged, the details are lost but from the existing portion it is inferred that some gifts of land were also made to the priests of the temple.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] tiruntiya perumpukaḻt taiva taricaṉattaruntava muṉivaṉaip poruṭ cela vaṟaiyaṟa
⟨2⟩ [**] kkuḷa nilaimai Iḷaṅkautama ṉeṉum vaḷaṅkeḻu tirunakar matirai Āciriyaṉ Avaṉey pā-
⟨3⟩ r muḻutāṇṭa pañcavar kulamuta lārkeḻu vaivelavaṉipacekaraṉ cirkeḻu ceṅkoṟ cirival-
⟨4⟩ luvaṉuk keṉṟip palavuṅ kuṟikoḷiṉi tavai Oṇ(ṭiṟal) nativaṇiyattaraṇpai mutūrk-
⟨5⟩ kaṭivaḷam perukkippaṇṇamar koil pāṅkuṟac ceyvit tāraṇapperum mikkoḻukkavi-
⟨6⟩ kkum pūraṇamālai poliyavoṅki Anta [*] l [***] viḷakkiṟ kamaṇaṉ kāṇiyuñ cā-
⟨7⟩ tti vayakkaluṅ kuṇamiku ciṟappiṉ kuṟittu [***] meḻukkuppuṟamoru mūṉṟu māvum paḻukkaṟa mu-
⟨8⟩ ṟaiyāl vaḻipaṭuvāṉukkaraikkāṇi [*] mamai [*] nokki AṇṇalvāI laṟivar koIṉ
⟨9⟩ muṉṉāḷ maṇṭakaṅ kallāley niṟīIkkaṇṭor maruḷuṅ kāmaru viḻucciruḷ-
⟨10⟩ ḷoṭu puṟampā loḷi mikappokki maṟṟu mellāṅ kuṟṟa nikki Ātiventar
⟨11⟩ Aṟañce vaḻakki [********] mācaṟa niṟīIttiruveṟṟañ ceypāvai ne-
⟨12⟩ ṭutū ṇorupa [*****] nakaramaittu niṭoḷi viḷakkineyppuṟamākeṉa
⟨13⟩ [**] ṭai vayaloṭeṭ [****] kūṟiya vakaiyāṉāṭi naṉṟamaitta vaḻiyaṟavo-
⟨14⟩ ṟku nilamummācce [****] Aḻiyā vakaiyāṟ kaṇṭaṉaṉe [****] kikkoḷ-
⟨15⟩ kaip palkuṇattoṉey |||~ tiṇṇi nalaṉ paṟappic [******] ṟṟeṉaka-
⟨16⟩ [*******] maṇṇil [*] cir matirai Āciriyaṉaṇṇa lakamaṇṭaka-
⟨17⟩ m putukki Āṅkaṟivarkoil mukamaṇṭaka meṭuttāṉ muṉ |||~

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.45 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 35, item 45.

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