SII 14.97: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Alternative title: “MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 97. (A.R. No. 294 of 1916.) ŚIṄGAMPAṬṬI, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON A ROCK IN A FIELD IN MĒLAI-ŚIṄGAMPAṬṬI”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscription of eight short lines is engraved in early characters but owing to the damaged condition of the rock, as well as the peculiar nature of the script, its purport cannot be clearly made out. It is not dated in the reign of any Pāṇḍya king known to epigraphy, but appears, however, to refer to the death of some hero probably in one of the frontier skirmishes, which were frequent events in early, Pāṇḍya history.

The writing may be attributed to the 7th century A.D. and may be compared with the label inscription of two lines engraved in the rock-cut cave at Piḷḷaiyārpaṭṭi,¹ Ramanathapuram district and another label at Aivarmalai,² Madurai district.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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⟨1⟩ pāṇṭiya(ṉ) pāṟka
⟨2⟩ (co)ḻaṭuve [*] koṟṟā
⟨3⟩ yaraica nāṇ-
⟨4⟩ ṭa kālattu tappa-
⟨5⟩ ṭi Attaṭiyāra-
⟨6⟩ caraica (Ai)yyāra(ṉ)
⟨7⟩ cāttaṉaik kutti pa-
⟨8⟩ ṭṭāṉ [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.97 (ARIE/1916-1917/B/1916/294) 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 62, item 97.

Notes

1. No. 156 of 1935-36.
2. No. 115 below.

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