# SII 1.50: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: PART II. TAMIL AND GRANTHA INSCRIPTIONS. II.
INSCRIPTIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF VELŪR. No. 50. ON A STONE AT
ŚEKKAṈŪR NEAR VELŪR

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0050

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII01/DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0050.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription records the gift of the village of Śekkaṉūr to the
Vellore Temple.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śubhamastu [∥] ⟨2⟩ velūr cura⟨3⟩kaṇṭṭecu⟨4⟩racuvāmiyā⟨5⟩ṟkku
kālaca⟨6⟩ntipūcaik⟨7⟩ku viṭṭa kiṟāma⟨8⟩m cekkaṉū⟨9⟩rkiṟāmam [∥]
śu⟨10⟩bhamastu ௳

## Translation by Hultzsch 1890

Let there be prosperity ! The village of Śekkaṉūr was given for (the
requirements of) daily worship to (the temple of) Jvarakaṇḍeśvara-svāmin
(at) Velūr. Let there be prosperity !

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.50 by Hultzsch 1890 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1890. South-Indian inscriptions,
Tamil and Sanskrit, from stone and copper-plate edicts at Mamallapuram,
Kanchipuram, in the North Arcot district, and other parts of the Madras
Presidency, chiefly collected in 1886-87. Volume I. South Indian
Inscriptions 1. Madras: Government Press. Page 76, item 50.