SII 3.62: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch No. 62.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE MAHAMANDAPA IN THE BILVANATHESVARA TEMPLE. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0062 DHARMAbase

This inscription is dated in the 34th year of the reign of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva and records the gift of two lamps by Ariyapiḷḷai,According to an inscription in the Jambukēśvara temple, Ariyapiḷḷai was also the name of the mother of a queen of the Hoysaḷa king Rāmanātha; Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 9, note 5. the queen of Amarābharaṇa-Śīyagaṅga. An inscription in the Ēkāmranātha temple at Kāñchipuram (No. 10 of 1893) mentions the same chief as “the supreme lord of Kuvaḷālapura (i.e. Kōlār), he who was born from the Gaṅga family, Śīyagaṅgaṉ Amarābharaṇaṉ, alias Tiruvēgambamuḍaiyāṉ,”śrīmaṟkuvaḷālapuraparameśvaraṉ kaṅkakuloṟbhavan ciyyakaṅkaṉ Amarābharaṇaṉāṉa tiruvekampamuṭaiyāṉ. and is dated in the 27th year of the reign of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷa III.tribhuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ maturaiyum pāṇṭiya muṭittalaiyuṅkoṇṭaruḷiya ṣrīkulottuṅkacoḻatevaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 7 Āvatu Ivvāṇṭai vaikācimāsattuppatiṉoṉṟāntiyatiyum viyāḻakiḻamai peṟṟa Aṉiḻamumāṉavaṉṟu; “on the day of Anurādhā, which corresponded to a Thursday and to the eleventh day of the month of Vaigāśi in this year.”

According to its preface, the famous Tamil Grammar Naṉṉūl was composed by Pavaṇandi (i.e. Bhavanandin) at the order of Śīyagaṅgaṉ Amarābharaṇaṉ. The Ēkāmranātha inscription proves that Bhavanandin's patron was a vassal of Kulōttuṅga III.

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svasti śrī . kulottuṅkacoḻatevaṟku yāṇṭu 3 10 4 vatu Amarāparaṇacīyakakanampirāṭṭina Ariyapiḷḷai tiruvallamuṭaiya nāyanāṟku vaitta cantiviḷakku Onṟum nāccirkku vaitta cantiviḷakku Oṉṟum . Ivvi ḷakkiraṇṭukkum

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 34th year (of the reign) of Kulōttuṅga-Śōḻadēva, Ariyapiḷḷai, who was the consort of Amarābharaṇa-Śīyagaṅga, gave to the god of Tiruvallam one twilight lamp and gave to the goddess one (other) twilight lamp. To these two lamps . . . . . . . . . .

The remainder of this line is much obliterated.

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