# SII 12.63: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 63. (A.R. No. 365 of 1904).
NĀRTTĀMALAI, PUDUKKOTTAI STATE. ON THE NORTH BASE OF THE RUINED MAṆḌAPA
IN FRONT OF THE ROCK-CUT ŚIVA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0063

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0063.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 7th year of Nṛipatuṅgavikramavarman. It
states that Śāttam Paḻiyili, son of Viḍēlviḍugu-Muttaraiyaṉ, excavated
the (rock-cut) temple and that his daughter Paḻiyili Śiṟiya-Naṅgai, the
wife of Mīṉavaṉ Tamiḻadiyaraiyaṉ alias Pāllaṉ Aṉantaṉ enlarged it by
adding a mukha-maṇḍapa, bali-pīṭha etc., and also made provision for
worship and offerings to the god therein.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (svasti) śrī [∥] kovicaiya nirupatoṅka(vi)(krama)(va)(nma)(ṟ)ku
yāṇṭu Ēḻāvatu viṭelviṭuku mutta⟨2⟩raiyaṉ makaṉ cāttampaḻiyili kuṭaivitta
śrīkoyil [|] Iccirikoyilu⟨3⟩kku mukamaṇṭakamum Iṣavamum Iṣavakkoṭṭilum
palippiṭamum ⟨4⟩ ceyvittā(ḷ) cātt¿ā?⟨a⟩(m)(paḻiyili ma)kaḷ miṉavaṉ
tamiḻatiyaraiya(ṉā)ṉa pāl⟨5⟩laṉ Aṉantaṉukkup pukka paḻiyili ciṟiyanaṅkai
[|] ⟨6⟩ Iccirikoilukku Arccinābhogattu(kku) Aṇṇal(vā)⟨7⟩(yi)ṟ kūṟṟattup
peruviḷattūrc cavaiñ cāttaṉ kāṇiyāṉa muveliyi⟨8⟩l vi(lai)ko(ṇṭa)
kāṟceyyum Evvakaippaṭṭa I(ṟai) Itaṉāl vantate⟨9⟩llām
koviṉukkavippatuḷātu cavaiñ cāttaṉu mivaṉ vaḻiyilāru⟨m⟩
pe(ṟa)k⟨10⟩(kaṭa)vatākavum Itu caṭai⟨ya⟩ṉum ⟨11⟩ (I)ṭaiyūṟetum
paṭaṉmurai kovi⟨12⟩(ṉu)kku varum Irupattaiṅka⟨ḻa⟩ñcu po⟨13⟩ṉ
taṇṭaṅkaṭava(rā)kavum paṭṭuṭaiyā⟨14⟩ṉ Uḻuttiraṉ teyapukkikkuc
ce⟨15⟩yvitteṉ paḻiyi⟨16⟩li ciṟiyanaṅkaieṉ ⟨17⟩ paḻiyili Īśvarattup
pa⟨18⟩ṭṭuṭaiyā ṉuruttiraṉ te⟨19⟩yapu⟨k⟩kuc ceyvit⟨ta⟩tu [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨16⟩ paḻiyili • The i-sign of ḻi is indicated on the side as in the
Vaṭṭeḻuttu script.

## Commentary

The text is published in the ‘Inscriptions (Texts) of the Pudukottai
State’ page 11, No. 19 and in Jl O.R. Vol. VIII, pp. 29-30, but the
readings there are not reliable. See also Jl. of S.I. Association,
October 1910, p. 181 and July 1911 pp. 27 and 28. The record is badly
engraved towards the end.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.63 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
26, item 63.