SII 14.260: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Alternative title: No. 260. (A.R. No. 42 of 1929.) ŚIVAPURI, TIRUPPATTUR TALUK, RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SECOND prākāra IN THE SVAYAMPRAKĀŚA TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Dated in the 25th year of the king, this inscription registers a gift of land by the chieftain Rājēndraśōḻan Kēraḷaṉ alias Dēvar Nishadarājaṉ alias Ālālasundarapperumāḷ for the expenses of the temple of Tiruttāndōnṟīśvaram-Uḍaiyār. At the end of the record the donor’s name is also specified as Tappilāvāchakaṉ. In a record of Parākrama-Pāndya (A.R. No. 94 of 1908) dated in his 11th year, this chieftain is mentioned as Rājēndraśōḻaṉ Kēraḷaṉ alias Nishadarājaṉ of Poṉṉamarāpati in Puṟamalai-nāḍu Parākrama should have preceded Śrīvallabha or should have been a near contemporary (No. 252 above).

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0260.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tiripuvaṉa⟨c⟩ca⟨k⟩karavattikaḷ śrīvallavadevar⟨k⟩ku yāṇṭu 2 10 5⁓vatu keraḷaciṅkavaḷanāṭṭu brammadeyam nirupacekaraccaruppetimaṅkalattu tiruttāṉtoṉṟiśvara mu-

⟨2⟩ ṭaiyāṟku tirumaṭaippaḷḷippuṟamāka Irājentracoḻan keraḷaṉāṉa tevar niṣatarāya(ṉā)ṉa Ālālacuntarapperumāḷ Antarāyamun taṉ kaṭamaiyum Iṟaiyili Āka kuṭutta

⟨3⟩ nilamāvatu [|] muṭikoṇṭa coḻappererik kiḻ perumaṭṭiyūr vayalillum cittaviḷākattilum Iṟaiyili Āka viṭṭa nilam mukkāle Iraṇṭu mā [|] Itu cantirātit tavaṟ

⟨4⟩ celvatāka kuṭutten Irācentiracoḻan kera⟨ḷa⟩ṉāṉa niṣatarāyaṉāṉa tappilāvācakaṉeṉ [|] Itu paṉmāhēśvara rakṣai ∥⁓

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.260 (ARIE/1928-1929/B/1928-1929/42) 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 160–161, item 260.

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