# SII 12.32: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: NANDIVARMAN II. No. 32. (A.R. No. 537 of 1905).
TIRUVEḶḶAṞAI, LALGUDI TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE THIRD PILLAR
IN THE ROCK-CUT CAVE IN THE PUṆḌARĪKĀKSHA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0032

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0032.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription which is highly damaged, is dated in the 10th year of
Nandivarman. It mentions a certain Viśayanalluḻā[ṉ], who may be
identified with the person of the same name noticed as the elder brother
of Kambaṉ Araiyaṉ, the builder of the well at Tiruveḷḷaṟai in the 4th
year of Dantivarman.[1] He also figures as the ājñapti of the
Paṭṭattāḷmaṅgalam grant of Nandivarman II[2] (No. 37 below). Hence
Nandivarman of the present record may be identified with Nandivarman II
Pallavamalla.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] nandiparmmakku yā(ṇṭu) ⟨2⟩ 10 % pallavakulatilaka
[4+] ⟨3⟩ nandipanmaṟkku [6+] ⟨4⟩ (di)t=takulaketana [7+] ⟨5⟩
vicayanalluḻā [7+] ⟨6⟩ [1+] (rai)yaṉāl ni [7+] ⟨7⟩ [3+] ni [4+] ḷiṭam
⟨8⟩ yā [3+] tiyā [5+] ⟨9⟩ yā [10+]

## Commentary

The inscription is highly damaged and the continuation after l. 9 is
irretrievably lost by the pealing away of the inscribed surface.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.32 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
14, item 32.

[1] No. 40 below; published in Ep. Ind. Vol. XI, p. 156.

[2] Ep. Ind. Vol. XVIII, pp. 115 ff.