SII 12.45: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – Nandivarman III. No. 45. (A.R. No. 475 of 1925). PAḶḶIKOṆḌA, VELLORE TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE NĀGANĀTHĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0045.

Summary: This is dated in the 2nd year of Nandippōttaraiyar and records the construction of the mukha-maṇḍapa by Śelvavāṇarayaṉ, son of Amaṉi-Gaṅgaraiyar, who was ruling over Vittūr. It may be noted that Paḷḷikoṇḍa was called Vichchūr1 in ancient times. Palaeographically, the present record may be attributed to the reign of Nandivarman III. In a later record viz., of the 10th year of the Chōḷa Parakēsarivarman from Tiruchchattuṟai in the Tanjore district, figures a chief of Paṅgaḷanāḍu named Bhuvani-Gaṅgaraiyan.2 Since Paḷḷikoṇḍa was in Paṅgaḷa-nāḍu, Amaṉi (Avani)Gaṅgaraiyar of the present inscription may have been an earlier member of the family of Paṅgaḷa-nāḍu chiefs.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (97de750), last modified (6122466).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī nantippo⟨2⟩ttarayar⟨k⟩ku yā⟨3⟩ṇṭu Iraṇṭāvatu ⟨4⟩ Amaṉikaṅkaraiyar ⟨5⟩ makaṉ celvavā⟨6⟩ṇarayaṉ vittū⟨7⟩rāṇṭu ceyvit⟨8⟩ta mukamaṇṭaka⟨9⟩m [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.45 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 18, item 45.

Notes

  1. 1. A.R. No. 456 of 1925. The village Tiruvāṉakkōyil in the Chingleput district was also known as Vittūr (A.R. Nos. 284-286 of 1910).
  2. 2. Ep. Rep. for 1930-31, para 8.