# SII 12.54: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: Nandivarman III. No. 54. (A.R. No. 8 of 1934-35).
PAḌŪR, CHINGLEPUT TALUK AND DISTRICT. ON A SLAB SET UP IN THE STREET
CALLED ‘MĒṬṬUTTERUVU’

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0054

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0054.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The beginning of this inscription is lost, but from palaeography and the
letters Nan traceable in the first line, it may be assigned to
Nandivarman III. It is dated in the 18th year and registers the gift of
96 sheep by the shepherds (kōṭṭamaṉṟāḍis) of Āmūr-kōṭṭam for burning a
perpetual lamp before the god Perumā[ṉa*]ḍigaḷ ‘who was pleased’ to
stand at Viḻupperundāya-Vishṇugṛiham in Paḍuvūr.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [7+] nan⟨2⟩[4+] ṟku yāṇṭu pati⟨3⟩ṉeṭṭāvatu Āmurkoṭ⟨4⟩ṭattuk
(ko)ṭṭamaṉṟāṭi⟨5⟩kaḷ paṭuvūr viḻuppe⟨6⟩runtāyaviṣṇugrahattu ⟨7⟩
niṉṟa(ruḷu)kiṉṟa perumā⟨8⟩⟨ṉa⟩ṭikaḷukku vaiytta nan⟨9⟩tāviḷakkoṉṟukku
vai⟨10⟩tta Āṭu cāvāmuvāpperā⟨11⟩ṭu toṇṇūṟu Idhanmam ra(kṣi)⟨12⟩⟨p⟩pār
Aṭipoṭi Eṉ talaimela⟨13⟩tu [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.54 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
22, item 54.