SII 12.57: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – Nandivarman III. No. 57. (A.R. No. 180 of 1907). TIRUPPALĀTTURAI (TIRUPPIRAITTURAI), TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON A STONE BUILT INTO THE NORTH WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN THE ĀDIMŪLĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0057.

Summary: This inscription is dated in the 22nd year of Nandippōttaraiyar ‘who defeated (his enemies) at Teḷḷāṟu’. It records an agreement given by the assembly sabhā of Tiruppāṟṟuṟai to burn two perpetual lamps (in the temple of) Mahādēva-Bhaṭāra at Tiruppāṟṟuṟai for 60 kaḻañju of gold received by them from the king for the purpose.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (97de750), last modified (180a207).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] ⟨2⟩ teḷḷāṟṟeṟi⟨3⟩nta nantip⟨4⟩pottaraiyar {ya} ⟨5⟩ yāṇṭu Irupat⟨6⟩tiraṇṭāvatu ti⟨7⟩ruppāṟṟuṟai ma⟨8⟩hādevabhaṭārar⟨9⟩kku Iraṇṭu na⟨10⟩ntāviḷak keri⟨11⟩ppataṟku kuṭut⟨12⟩ta poṉ Aṟu⟨13⟩patiṉkaḻañcu I⟨14⟩ppoṉ koṇṭi⟨15⟩raṇṭu nantāvi(ḷa)⟨16⟩kkum muṭṭā(mai) ⟨17⟩ Erippippo⟨18⟩māṉom tiruppā⟨19⟩ṟṟuṟai sabhai⟨20⟩yom Itu (pa)⟨21⟩[7+]

Apparatus

⟨21⟩ [7+] • The last line which must have contained nmāheśvara rakṣai is obliterated.

Commentary

More than 80 inscriptions have been secured by the Department from this temple in the years 1903, 1907 and 1908, but due to renovation, all of them are missing now.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.57 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 23, item 57.