# SII 12.56: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: Nandivarman III. No. 56. (A.R. No. 144 of 1928-29).
ŚEṈṈIVĀYAKKĀL, LALGUDI TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON A HERO-STONE
NEAR THE RUINED GŌPURA OF THE ŚIVA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0056

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0056.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record is engraved on a hero-stone bearing the figure of a Brahman
being pierced by an arrow near the neck. It is dated in the 21st year of
Nandippōttaraiyar ‘who obtained the kingdom after defeating (his enemies
at) Teḷḷāṟu’. The inscription is damaged and it refers to a certain
Māvali (i.e., a Bāṇa chieftain) and to a raid causing the destruction of
a maṭha, in saving which a Brahman hero named Śattimuṟṟattēvaṉ met with
his death. The record mentions the temple of Arindigai-Īśvaram built at
Parāntakapuram, which must have been respectively named after the Chōḷa
kings Ariñjaya and his father Parāntaka I who flourished a century
later. From palaeography also the record may be assigned to the 10th
century A.D. It, therefore appears to be a later copy of the original
record. The mention of a Bāṇa chief outside the Bāṇa territory is
noteworthy.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] teḷ⟨2⟩ḷāṟṟeṟintu ⟨3⟩ rājya(mu)ṅko⟨4⟩ṇṭa
nantip⟨5⟩pottaraiyar⟨k⟩⟨6⟩ku yāṇṭu Iru⟨7⟩pattoṉṟāvatu ⟨8⟩
parāntakapurat⟨9⟩tu Aṟinti⟨10⟩kaiĪśvaragṛ⟨11⟩haṁ
śāsana⟨12⟩t=tāluṭaiyo⟨13⟩rum [4+] ⟨14⟩ [2+] taḷi⟨15⟩yilātāki niṉṟa
bhaṭṭareṉ māvali yani⟨16⟩yasthānamāḷvāṉ ce(vaṇaṟ kuṇṭu) ko⟨17⟩ṇṭu vantu
maṭamuñ cuṭṭuk kātta śigura⟨18⟩varaiyu meṟintu Ivar śiṣyan Oru
brā⟨19⟩hmaṇaṉ cattimuṟṟattevan ṟuṇṭupa⟨20⟩ṭṭāṉ valluva(ṉāṭ)ṭāṉ [∥]

## Commentary

⟨19⟩ cattimuṟṟattevan. His name suggests that he was probably a native
of Śattimuṟṟam which is a village close to Paṭṭiśam in the ṭanjore
district. The Tamil poet Śattimuṟṟappulavar hailed from this village.
The inscriptions from this place are A.R. Nos. 262-270 of 1927.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.56 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
23, item 56.