SII 14.52: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Alternative title: “No. 52. (A.R. No. 447 of 1907.) ŚIṈṈAMAṈŪR, PERIYAKULAM TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE LAKSHMĪNĀRĀYAṆA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is dated in the 2+7th year of Śaḍaiya-Māṟaṉ who is identical with Rājasimha, and registers a gift of sheep by a certain Nāgaṉ-Vikkiramādittaṉ for a perpetual lamp to the god Tiru . . . . śurattēvar of Arikēsarinallūr, a brahmadēya in Aḻa-nāḍu. As Śiṉṉamaṉūr was known as Arikēsarinallūr, it may have been founded by the early Pāṇḍya king called Arikēsarin. In another record of this king from the same place, the god is called Tirunaḍuvu-Bhaṭāra, probably because of the location of the temple with reference to the village.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [|] koccaṭaiyamāṟa⟨r⟩kku
⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu (2) Itaṉeti reḻu Ivvāṇṭu A(ḻaṟaṭ)-
⟨3⟩ ṭu brahmateyam Arikecarinallūrt tiru [****]
⟨4⟩ śurattevarkkut tirunon-
⟨5⟩ (tā)viḷakkukku nākaṉ vikkiramāticcaṉ vai-
⟨6⟩ (cca) Āṭu Añpatu cāvāmuvāpperāṭu [||]

Commentary

In this temple there are a few more Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscriptions, which do not mention the name of any king, but which may belong to this period. They read as below:

No. 453 of 1907.

⟨1⟩ śrī Arikeca⟨2⟩rina⟨llūr⟩ tirunaṭu⟨3⟩vupaṭārakku [2+]⟨4⟩ṭināṭṭu pari⟨5⟩yāṉa pallava(rai)⟨6⟩yaṉ ĀIṉaki⟨7⟩[8+] lu [1+]

No. 454 of 1907.

⟨1⟩ śrītirupputtūr ⟨2⟩ Arukan pāradvā⟨3⟩ci nārāyaṇa ṉakka ⟨4⟩ ṉiṭṭa kāl [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.52 (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/447) 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 39, item 52.

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