SII 17.401: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: “No. 401. (A.R. No. 371 of 1904.) PAḺAṈI, DINDIGUL TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the east base of the Paḻaṉi-Āṇḍavar shrine.

Kōṉērimēlkoṇḍāṉ.

This inscription in characters of about the 14th century is dated in the reign of Tribhuvaṉachakravartin Kōṉērimēlkoṇḍāṉ and Avaṉivēṉdarāmaṉ is mentioned as his title.

This records the grant by the king, of Aiyapoyil (Aiyapoḻil) alias Avaṉivēndarāmanallūr in Vaikāvūr-nāḍu, as a taxfree dēvadāṉa to God Subrahmaṇya-ppiḷḷaiyār in Paḻaṉi in Vaikāvūr-nāḍu, for a service to be called Avaṉivēṉdarāmaṉ Sandhi, after himself. It mentions . . . . . . koṇḍai Āṟu and a dam and Vaikāvūr Perumalai among the boundaries of the village.

Other details are lost as the inscription is incomplete.

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

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0401.

File path: SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0401.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [∥] tribhuva(ṉa)(cakra)vatti ko(ṉ)e(ri)m(e)lkoṇṭāṉ vaikāvūr nāṭṭup paḻaṉiyil cuppiṟammaṇṇiyappiḷḷaiyār koyil tāṉattāṟku Ippiḷḷaiyāṟku nampe-

⟨2⟩ rāl Avaṉiveṉta(rāmaṉ ca)ntikkum Aḻutu(paṭikkum) cāttuppaṭikkum Uḷ(ḷi)ṭṭa viñcaṉat tukkum (I)ṉṉāṭṭil Aiyapoyilāṉa Avaṉiventarāmanallūr tevatāṉamāka mu(tala)ṭaṅka Iṟaiyiliyāka tantom

⟨3⟩ Ivvūṟku nāṉkellai [********] kiḻpāṟkellai [********] koṇṭai Āṟṟukkum Aṇaikkum meṟkum (t)eṉpāṟkellai vaikāvūr perumalaikku vaṭakkum melpāṟkel(lai) [**********] ṅkaraikku kiḻakkum va-

⟨4⟩ (ppāṟ)k(e)llai Ā(ṟṟu) [**********] (teṟku) (vi)ḷainilattukku(t) [**********] Iṉṉāṉ kel⟨lai⟩kkuḷpaṭṭa tevaṉ pati Uṭpaṭa naṉce⟨y⟩ puṉceye ṉat(tam)

Commentary

⟨4⟩ puṉceye ṉat(tam). Incomplete.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.401 by Krishnan 1964 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Krishnan, K. G. 1964. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XVII: Inscriptions collected during the year 1903-04. South Indian Inscriptions 17. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Page 171, item 401.

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<p n="4">puṉceye ṉat<unclear>tam</unclear>. Incomplete.</p>

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