# SII 12.69: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 69. (A.R. No. 257 of 1912). ON
THE BACK SIDE OF THE SAME WALL

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0069

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0069.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record states that, in the 16th year of Nṛipatuṅgavarman, the
committee (gaṇapperumakkaḷ) of the temple called Śailēśvaram agreed to
provide offerings during the mid-day service of the god Mahādēva at
Śailēśvaram in Paramēśvaramaṅgalam in lieu of the interest on 11 kaḻañju
of gold received by them from Nandi-Niṟaimati, son of
Maṟamaḍakki-Viḻuppēraraiyar of Maṇṇaikuḍi.

Udayachandra, the general of the Pallava king Nandivarman Pallavamalla
claims to have defeated a Pāṇḍya king at Maṇṇaikkuḍi[1] and if
‘Maṇṇaikuḍi Maṟamaḍakki’ is taken as an epithet of Viḻuppēraraiyar in
the sense of ‘he who humbled the pride (of the enemy) at Maṇṇaikkuḍi’,
it may be presumed that one of the ancestors of Viḻuppēraraiyar had
taken some part in the Pallava campaigns. But as there are villages
actually known by the names of Maṇṇakkuḍi and Maṟamaḍakki in the
Arantangi taluk of the Tanjore district, it is also possible that the
native village and hamlet of this Viḻuppēraraiyar are simply mentioned
in this inscription (i.e.) Viḻuppēraraiyar of Maṟamaḍakki near
Maṇṇaikkuḍi.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] nṛpatuṅkava⟨2⟩rmmaṟku yāṇṭu patiṉāṟāvatu
pa⟨3⟩rameśvaramaṅkalattu śaileśva⟨4⟩rattu mah¿a?⟨ā⟩devarkku
madhyāhnave(ḷai)⟨5⟩yiṟ ṟiruvamutukku maṇṇaiku⟨6⟩ṭi maṟamaṭakki
viḻupperaraiyar ma⟨7⟩ka n=nan=ti niṟaimati śaileśva⟨8⟩rattuk
kaṇapperumakkaḷ vaḻikuṭut⟨9⟩ta cempoṉ patiṉoru kaḻañci [|] Itaṉ ⟨10⟩
poliyūṭṭiṉā ṉicati nāṭuri kutta lariciyu⟨11⟩moru piṭi neyyu mappotu
kāṭṭum viḷa⟨12⟩kkiṉukku Oru piṭi Eṇṇaiyyu muṭṭāmai⟨13⟩c celuttuvo māṉoṅ
kaṇappe⟨14⟩rumakkaḷom [|] Itu mah¿a?⟨ā⟩sabhai rakṣai [∥]

## Commentary

On the side of the same slab are engraved the following lines:

1 Ippa(ṭi)

2 likhitte-

3 ṉ catturu-

4 ciṅkap-

5 perunta-

6 ccaṉeṉ [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.69 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
29, item 69.

[1] S.I.I. Vol. II, p. 364.