# SII 12.68: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 68. (A.R. No. 258 of 1912).
PARAMĒŚVARAMAṄGALAM, MADURANTAKAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB
NEAR THE GAṆĒŚA IMAGE OUTSIDE THE KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0068

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0068.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription records that a Brahman lady Dēvachchāṉi, wife of
Daṇḍiyaṅkiḻār Pāṇḍiya-Kramavittar set up the image of Gaṇapati-Bhaṭāra
in the temple of Śailēśvaram at Paramēśvaramaṅ[ga]lam, constructed a
shrine for it and endowed 40 kāḍi of paddy for twilight lamps and
worship to the deity.

3) This form of the king’s name, as suggested in fn. l, on the previous
page, is unusual.

The record is dated simply in the 15th year, but the king’s name is not
mentioned. Since the other face of the slab contains an inscription of
Nṛipatuṅga, dated in his 16th year[1] which closely resembles the
present inscription in its writing, this epigraph also may be assigned
to the reign of the same king.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] yāṇṭu patiṉaintā⟨2⟩vatu parameśvaramaṅ⟨ka⟩lattu
śai⟨3⟩leśvarattu gaṇavatibhaṭārarai vaiy⟨4⟩ttuk k¿e?⟨o⟩yil
leṭuppitt¿a?⟨ā⟩r taṇṭiya⟨5⟩ṅkiḻār pāṇṭiyakramavittar brāhma⟨6⟩ṇi
tevaccāṉi tāṉeṭuppitta taḷik⟨7⟩ku Arccanābhoga{m}māka vaitta nel ⟨8⟩
mutal n(ā)ṟpatiṉ kāṭi [|] Ivaittil va⟨9⟩rddhamānaṁ koṇṭu
tiṅkaḷnālvi⟨10⟩yum Antiviḷakkum Arccanaiyu⟨11⟩m [|] Ipparicu vaḻuvāmaic
cey⟨12⟩vomāka Innāṟpatiṉ k¿a?⟨ā⟩ṭiyum ⟨13⟩ koṇṭom taḷiyuṭai{y}yā¿ka?⟨r⟩
civa⟨14⟩catti civakurava civanakka civakāma ci [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.68 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. Pages
28–29, item 68.

[1] No. 69 following.