SII 14.186: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Alternative title: “No. 186. (A.R. No. 406 of 1929-30.) ĀTTŪR, TIRUCHCHENDUR TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE SŌMANĀTHA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This record dated in the 22nd year of Māṟavarmaṉ Vikrama-Chōḷapāṇḍya registers a gift of paddy by a certain Mañjaṉ Śaḍaiyaṉ of Karuppūr in Marugal-nāḍu, a subdivision of Kshatriyaśikhāmaṇi-vaḷanāḍu, a district of Śōḻamaṇḍalam, for the mains tenance of a perpetual lamp in the temple of the Sōmanāthadēva at Āṟṟūr, and for the expenses of feeding some Śrīmāhēśvaras in the temple. Āṟṟūr is stated to be a hamlet of Rājādhirāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Kuḍa-nāḍu.

The fragmentary inscription also engraved on the same wall belongs to this viceroy; but his regnal year is obliterated. It appears to relate to some unspecified gift made to the temple by a servant named Śūṟṟi-Tāḻi of Śāttamaṅgalam.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] komāṟavaṉmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrī vikkira-

⟨2⟩ macoḻapāṇṭiyatevaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 2 Āvatu rājarājappā-

⟨3⟩ ṇṭināṭṭu Uttamacoḻavaḷanāṭṭu kuṭanāṭṭu brahmateyam

⟨4⟩ rājādhirājaccaruppetimaṅkalattu Āṟṟūr śrīsomaṉāta

⟨5⟩ tevaṟku coḻamaṇṭalattu kṣatriya cikāmaṇivaḷanāṭṭu maruka-

⟨6⟩ lṉāṭṭu karuppūr karuppūruṭaiyāṉ mañcaṉ caṭ¿a?yaṉ Ivvā-

⟨7⟩ ṇṭu cittirai⟨t⟩tiṅkaḷ Eḻānniyatimutal cantirātittaval Ira-

⟨8⟩ vum pakalu muṭṭāma lerippatāka vai⟨t⟩ta tirunun=tāviḷakku Oṉ-

⟨9⟩ ṟu Oṉṟiṉukku nittam paṇṭāra Uḻakkāle Uḻakku neyyāka Inne-

⟨10⟩ (y)kku mutalāka vaitta (poli)Ūṭṭu Ittevar marakkālāl comaṉātaṉā-

⟨11⟩ l vaitta nel Eḻupatteṇkalam Ikkoyil can=tirātittavala

⟨12⟩ [1 lost line]

⟨13⟩ [****************] yyum kaṇa [*********]

⟨14⟩ [****] tamāṉār Aṭṭu Ūṭṭuvatāka meṟpaṭikkālā [********]

⟨15⟩ l toṇṇūṟṟoṉpatiṉ kalamum Āka nelnū [********]

⟨16⟩ ṇṭu nitta muṭṭāmal can=tirātittaval tirununtāviḷa [****]

⟨17⟩ m śrī māyeśvara⟨r⟩kku Ekāte muṭṭuvatākavum It [******]

⟨18⟩ śivabrāhmaṇan nārāyaṇaṉ piccaṉum pārkkaraṉā [******]

⟨19⟩ taṉum comaṉ kaṇṭiya muḷḷiṭṭu tiruppaṇi [******]

⟨20⟩ paricu vaitta karuppūruṭaiyāṉ mañcaṉ caṭ¿a?yaṉu [********]

⟨21⟩ cantirātittavaṟ celuttavatāṉom Ivvakanāḻi [****]

⟨22⟩ tu Eṟṟil Eṟṟiṉapaṭi ceyyakkaṭavitṉṟākavum [|]

⟨23⟩ [****]

Commentary

A fragment on the same wall reads: ⟨1⟩ śrī komāṟavarmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrī vikkiramacoḻapāṇṭiya tevaṟku [6+] ⟨2⟩ paṇimakaṉ cāttamaṅkala muṭaiyāṉ cūṟṟi tāḻi rājarājappāṇṭināṭṭu (Uttama coḻava)⟨3⟩ḷanāṭṭu kuṭnāṭṭu brahmateyam rājādhirājac caru⟨p⟩petimaṅkalattu śrīsomaṉātatevar [4+]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.186 (ARIE/1929-1930/B/1929-1930/406) 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 102–103, item 186.