# SII 12.67: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 67. (A.R. No. 404 of 1905).
KĀVĒRIPPĀKKAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. AT THE ENTRANCE INTO
THE AMMAN SHRINE IN THE KOṄKAṆĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0067

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0067.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription states that in the 15th year of Nṛipatuṅgavarman, the
assembly of Kāvidipākkam [alias] Avaṉinārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam agreed
to measure one uḻakku of oil daily by the liquid measure Māṉāya-nāḻi,
for lighting the central shrine of the temple of Tirumēṟṟaḷi-Aḍigaḷ,
with the interest on 17 kaḻañju of gold received by them from
Śaḍaṅkaviyār of Kaṇviḻchchil in Ōḍappuṟai. The name
Avaṉinārāyaṇachaturvēdimaṅgalam must have been given to Kāvidipākkam
after the surname ‘Avaṉinārāyaṇa’[1] borne by Nandivarman III.

The record is left incomplete and it is engraved in characters of the
11th century A.D. The stone bearing this record must have belonged
originally to a temple of Vishṇu (Tirumēṟṟaḷi-Aḍigaḷ) in the village and
was probably shifted here at some later time.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ nṛpatoṅkaparmma⟨rk⟩ku yāṇṭu patiṉaintāvatu kā(vi)tipākkamum
Avaṉinārā⟨2⟩yaṇaccaturvvetimaṅkalattu sabhaiyom Oṭappuṟaik kaṇviḻccil
caṭaṅka⟨3⟩viyār pakkal patiṉeḻu kaḻañcu poṉkoṇṭu Emmūr tirumeṟṟaḷi
Aṭikaḷukku U⟨4⟩ṇṇāḻikai⟨p⟩puṟam nicati Uḻakkeṇṇai māṉāyaṉāḻi(y)oṭokkum
Uḻakkiṉāl pakal

## Commentary

⟨4⟩ Continuation of the inscription is lost.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.67 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
28, item 67.

[1] Nandikkalambagam, vv. 18, 44, 46.