SII 12.42: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – DANTIVARMAN. No. 42. (A.R. No. 283 of 1916). TOṆḌŪR, GINGEE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A BOULDER IN A FIELD NEAR THE ‘VIṆṆAMPĀṞAI-ROCK’.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0042.

Summary: This inscription1 is dated in the 6th year of Vijaya-Dantivikramavarman and it registers a gift of 16 kaḻañju of gold by Viṇṇakōvaraiyar, probably a chieftain of the locality, to provide, from the interest on the amount, offerings to the goddess Ēṟṟuk-Kuṉṟaṉār-Bhaṭṭāri for the merit of Udāraḍi and Nambi . . . . . . who fell in an encounter. The food offered to the god was used for feeding pilgrims and the gold endowed was received by the assembly of Aruvāgūr in Śiṅgapura-nāḍu. Certain specified members of the Vārigam were nominated to see that the assembly maintained this charity properly. The village Aruvāgūr which is stated to have been situated to the east of the road, may be identified with Arugāvūr in the Gingee taluk.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: (c2424c5), last modified (1e7a05d).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] kovicaya tantivikkiramaparumaṟkku yāṇ ṭāṟāvatu ciṅkapuranāṭṭu k=kiḻvaḻi ⟨2⟩ Aruvākūroṅ kaiyeḻuttu [|] viṇṇakovaraiya reṟṟukkuṉṟaṉār (bha)ṭṭārikkup pati⟨3⟩ṉaṟu kaḻañcu poṉ ko [4+] (po)mā yitaṉ poliyūṭṭut tamakku viṭai poyppaṭṭa ⟨4⟩ Utāraṭiyaiyum nampi [6+] ñcārtti viṇṇakovaraiyar vaitta tāṉam nicati nā⟨5⟩ṉāḻi Arici tecikappāṭu [4+] māṉo maruvākūrom Ippari cūraikekāṇ ṭiyaṟṟu vataṟkku ⟨6⟩ vārikappaṭṭom kāśyaparu(m) [4+] paiyaru meṅkuṭiyil nāyakañceytā riyaṟṟuv(ā)rāka A⟨7⟩maintom Aṭṭimuṭṭiyataṉāṟk kāṟppalicai Eṟṟi viṇṇakovaraiya rakattārkkuk kuṭuppo⟨8⟩māṉo mitaṟṟiṟampi luṇṭikaiyum paṭṭikaiyuṅ kāṭṭāte nālekāl mutalāka Iyṟ ṟaṇṭap⟨9⟩paṭa Oṭṭik kuṭutto maruvākūrom [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.42 by Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 17, item 42.

Notes

  1. 1. See plate V.