# SII 12.53: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: Nandivarman III. No. 53. (A.R. No. 352 of 1908).
MĀṄGĀḌU, SRIPERUMBUDUR TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB BUILT INTO
THE FLOOR OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VAḶḶĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0053

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0053.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This damaged inscription is dated in the 17th year of
Vijaya-Nandivikramavarman and it mentions the Śēḻiya-Vāṇiyar of
Kuṉṟattūr, who evidently made provision for offerings to the god on
Tiruvādirai and amāvāsyā days, through the sabhā of Tiruveḷḷikīḻuḍaiya
(Mahādēva). This is the earliest inscription in the temple and it
probably belongs to Nandivarman III. In a later inscription of the place
the god is called Tiruveḷḷikīḻmēya-Nāyaṉār.[1] Chūtavana mentioned in
the Udayēndiram plates of Nandivarman is probably identical with
Māṅgāḍu.[2]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī kovicaiya nantivikkiramaparumaṟku yāṇṭu patiṉeḻāvatu
puli⟨2⟩(yūr)kkuṭikkoṭṭattuk kuṉṟattūrc ceḻiyavāṇiyarkaḷo⟨3⟩(m
ti)ruvātiraiyun talaiyuvāvum tiṅkaḷ(ni)laviyuṅ kāṭṭu(vo)⟨4⟩(mā)ṉom
tiruveḷḷikiḻuṭaiya (cavaiyom) |||௳

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.53 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
21, item 53.

[1] A.R. No. 349 of 1908.

[2] S.I.I. Vol. II, p. 372.