# SII 12.39: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: DANTIVARMAN. No. 39. (A.R. No. 256 of 1922).
VAYALAIKKĀVŪR, CONJEEVERAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB BUILT
INTO THE FLOOR OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE
VĀṆĀDHĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0039

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0039.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription records a gift of 3 kāḍi (of paddy) by five individuals
for offerings and a lamp in the temple of Bhaṭāra at Vayalaikkā, in the
2nd year of Vijaya-Dantivikramavarman.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kovicaiya tanti⟨2⟩vikkiramaparumaṟku (yā)⟨3⟩ṇṭu Iraṇṭāva⟨4⟩tu
paḷḷikkaṭṭiluṭai⟨5⟩ya kaṇṭiyum para(ṉum) ⟨6⟩ ciṟunampiyum Ātu(ri)⟨7⟩yum
Āyiravaṉum (I)⟨8⟩vva(y)vom vayalai⟨9⟩kkāvil (Aṭu)tta kā⟨10⟩ṭi muṉṟu
kūṟṟālum ⟨11⟩ bhaṭārarkku Oḻu(kka)vi(k)⟨12⟩kum nantāviḷa(kku⁓1)⟨13⟩kkum
kuṭutto [2+] ⟨14⟩ [2+] ttūṭṭuvomā(kak)⟨15⟩[1 lost line] ⟨16⟩ (no)m [|]
Itu kā(ttū)⟨17⟩(ṭṭu)vāṉ Aṭi Em (talai)⟨18⟩melana [∥]

## Commentary

⟨15⟩ Damaged.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.39 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
16, item 39.