SII 12.36: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: NANDIVARMAN II. No. 36. (C.P. No. 7 of 1911-12). TAṆḌANTŌṬṬAM PLATES OF NANDIVIKRAMAVARMAN: 58TH YEAR.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This is an incomplete copper-plate record from Taṇḍantōṭṭam near Kumbhakōṇam in the Tanjore district, dated in the 58th year of Nandivarman (II). It is engraved in Grantha and Tamil characters and registers the gift of the village Dayāmukhamaṅgalam, named after the donor Dayāmukha, to 308 learned Brahmans with additional provision for worship in the Śiva and Vishṇu temples of the village and for reciting the Mahābhārata in the temple hall. The praśasti in the grant was drawn up by Paramēśvara surnamed Uttara-kāraṇika. The seal of this record is published on plate VII for the first time now.

Language: Undetermined (und) [Script (other) (script_other)].

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0036.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0036.xml.

Version: 2026-08-14 13:11 (e60c7f9), last modified 2026-07-17 15:31 (5fe4bec).

Commentary

Published in South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. II, pp. 517 ff.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.36 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 15, item 36.

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