# SII 12.23A: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: PARAMESVARAVARMAN I. No. 23A. (A.R. Nos. 105-107 of
1932-33). PŪÑJĒRI, CHINGLEPUT TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON ROCKS TO
THE EAST OF THE VILLAGE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0023A

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0023A.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The following seven labels are engraved in archaic Tamil and Grantha
characters on a group of rocks, one of which, on account of a natural
cavity in it, is locally known as ‘Noṇḍi Vīrappaṉ Kudiraitoṭṭi’. The
names Kēvādaperundachchaṉ and Kollaṉ Śēmagaṉ found in this place
indicate that the persons bearing these names belonged to the artisan
class. One of the labels also gives the name Guṇamallaḥ. On account of
their palaeographical interest, these labels, as also the one given in
the previous inscription, are included here and some of them are
reproduced on plate II.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ke(vā)ta peruntaccaṉ ∥⁓ ⟨2⟩ kuṇamal·laḥ ⟨3⟩ payyamiḻippāṉ ∥⁓ ⟨4⟩
cātamukkiyaṉ ⟨5⟩ kaliyā(ṇi) ⟨6⟩ namaḥ tiruveṟṟiyūr Ā(bhā)jar |||⁓ ⟨7⟩
kollaṉ (s)emakaṉ (∥)

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.23A by Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu
1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian
inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in
English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page
11, item 23A.