# SII 12.46: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: Nandivarman III. No. 46. (A.R. No. 347 of 1914).
KUNNĀṆḌĀRKŌYIL, PUDUKKOTTAI STATE. AT THE SOUTH END OF THE ROCK-CUT
SHRINE IN THE PARVATAGIRĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0046

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0046.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription dated in the 3rd year of Nandippōttaraiyar may be
assigned to Nandivarman III. It registers a gift of 200 nāḻi of rice for
feeding 100 persons on the day of Tiruvādirai, by Gaṇavatimāṉ alias
Pagaichchandira Viśaiaraiyaṉ of Vaḍuvūr in Mīpuḻai-nāḍu. This
inscription indicates that the limits of the Pallava empire still
continued to extend as far south as the Pudukkottai State.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] konantippotta⟨2⟩raiyarkku yāṇṭu 3⁓Āvatu
mi⟨3⟩puḻaināṭṭu vaṭuvūrk kaṇavatimā⟨4⟩ṉṉāyiṉa pakaiccantira
vicaiA⟨5⟩raiyaṉ ṟiruvātiraināṉṟu A⟨6⟩ṭṭaḻiya vaitta Arici 2 100⁓†
Iru⟨7⟩nūṟṟunāḻi nūṟṟuvarkku |||⁓

## Commentary

See also Inscriptions (Texts) of the Pudukkottai State, No. 15.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.46 (ARIE/1914-1915/B/1914/347) 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
19, item 46.